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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 reviewedRippey, Robert M.; Smith, Susan – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
Medical and dental students were administered two short confidence-scored tests on cellular and molecular biology. Increases in test reliability and predictive validity were found when test scores were adjusted for realism, but were not statistically significant. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Dental Schools, Higher Education, Medical Students
Rippey, Robert M. – 1971
Technical improvements, which may be made in the reliability and validity of tests through confidence scores, are discussed. However, studies indicate that subjects do not handle their confidence uniformly. (MS)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Confidence Testing, Correlation, Difficulty Level
