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Peer reviewedBurton, Richard F.; Miller, David J. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1999
Discusses statistical procedures for increasing test unreliability due to guessing in multiple choice and true/false tests. Proposes two new measures of test unreliability: one concerned with resolution of defined levels of knowledge and the other with the probability of examinees being incorrectly ranked. Both models are based on the binomial…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
Peer reviewedSevenair, John P.; Burkett, Allan R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1988
Describes statistical analyses of tests used for organic chemistry classes and attempts to pose a model to explain the results. Concluded that students who possess a slight grasp of a concept actually have less of a chance of answering an item correctly than those who merely guess. (CW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Item Analysis
Download full textMaryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1995
This annual report examines trends in Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) data for Maryland vis-a-vis national trends. Major findings include the following: (1) composite SAT scores for Maryland students trail the national average for the first time since 1982; (2) composite SAT scores of African-Americans in Maryland have consistently trailed those…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Black Students, College Bound Students
