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Peer reviewedHarasym, P. H.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
Findings from a study with approximately 200 first-year University of Calgary (Canada) nursing students provide evidence that the use of negation (e.g., not, except) should be limited in stems of multiple-choice test items and that a single-response negatively worded item should be converted to a multiple-response positively worded item. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests
