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Stratton, N. J. – Teaching at a Distance, 1981
A study of recurrent faults in multiple-choice items in Britain's Open University's computer-marked tests has led to a procedure for avoiding these faults. A description of the study covers the incidence and sources of faults (obviousness, memorization, unclear instruction, ambiguity, distractors, inter-item effects, and structure) and…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Analysis
