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Frary, Robert B. – 1982
Three measures of person-fit (the extent to which an examinee's response pattern on a multiple-choice test is consistent with his ability as estimated by total score) were computed for students taking classroom tests under 12 different instructors at a comprehensive university. Supplementary questions on each test inquired concerning students'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Predictive Validity, Reliability
Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr.; Frary, Robert B. – Educ Psychol Meas, 1970
Descriptors: Correlation, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Factor Analysis
Frary, Robert B.; Zimmerman, Donald W. – Educ Psychol Meas, 1970
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Probability
Peer reviewedFrary, Robert B. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
Responses to a sample test were simulated for examinees under free-response and multiple-choice formats. Test score sets were correlated with randomly generated sets of unit-normal measures. The extent of superiority of free response tests was sufficiently small so that other considerations might justifiably dictate format choice. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Essay Tests, Guessing (Tests)
