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The Contribution of Selected Personality Traits and Knowledge to Response Behavior on a Probabilistic Test.
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Pugh, Richard C.; Brunza, J. Jay – 1974
An examinee is required to express his confidence in the correctness of each choice of a multiple-choice item in a probabilistic test. For the responses to be valid indicators the confidence expressed in each choice should be determined by an examinees' knowledge. This study assessed the relationship of the certainty of examinees' responses to…
Descriptors: Behavior, Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Individual Characteristics
Effects of Instructions, Option Keying, and Knowledge of Test Material on Seven Methods of Scoring Two-Option Items
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Aiken, Lewis R.; Williams, Newsom – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Seven formulas for scoring test items with two options (true-false or multiple choice with only two choices) were investigated. Several conditions, such as varying directions for guessing and whether testees had prior knowledge of the proportions of false items on the test were also investigated. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Multiple Choice Tests