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A Statistical Analysis of Infrequent Events on Multiple-Choice Tests that Indicate Probable Cheating
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Direct linkSundermann, Michael J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
A statistical analysis of multiple-choice answers is performed to identify anomalies that can be used as evidence of student cheating. The ratio of exact errors in common (EEIC: two students put the same wrong answer for a question) to differences (D: two students get different answers) was found to be a good indicator of cheating under a wide…
Descriptors: College Students, Cheating, Multiple Choice Tests, Statistical Analysis
Download full textDwyer, David J.; Hecht, Jeffrey B. – 1994
This paper reviews the issues involved in using statistical data on multiple choice examination results as evidence of cheating among college student test-takers. Recent studies have demonstrated the large extent of academic dishonesty among American college students. Seeking to curb this trend, college faculty have been turning to statistical…
Descriptors: Cheating, College Students, Court Litigation, Discipline Problems
