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Peer reviewedJacobs, Stanley S. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Individual Differences, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
Download full textRippey, Robert M. – 1972
This paper examines confidence testing, and reasons for using confidence tests. Different scoring systems are studied in order to clarify the meaning of significance of the weights which subjects assign to confidence scored tests. (DLG)
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Decision Making, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedAtkins, Warren J.; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
Results from the Australian Mathematics Competition for 1988 and 1989 (n=309,443 and n=331,660) were analyzed on three statistical measures to determine risk-taking tendencies by groups of students classified by gender, school year, and achievement level. Results showed statistically significant differences for gender but varied depending on the…
Descriptors: Distractors (Tests), Guessing (Tests), Item Analysis, Mathematics Achievement
