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Multiple Choice and True/False Tests: Reliability Measures and Some Implications of Negative Marking
Peer reviewed
Direct linkBurton, Richard F. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
The standard error of measurement usefully provides confidence limits for scores in a given test, but is it possible to quantify the reliability of a test with just a single number that allows comparison of tests of different format? Reliability coefficients do not do this, being dependent on the spread of examinee attainment. Better in this…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Error of Measurement, Test Reliability, Test Items
Smith, Richard M. – 1982
There have been many attempts to formulate a procedure for extracting information from incorrect responses to multiple choice items, i.e., the assessment of partial knowledge. The results of these attempts can be described as inconsistent at best. It is hypothesized that these inconsistencies arise from three methodological problems: the…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods, Goodness of Fit, Guessing (Tests)
