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Download full textTrevisan, Michael S.; Sax, Gilbert – 1991
The purpose of this study was to compare the reliabilities of two-, three-, four-, and five-choice tests using an incremental option paradigm. Test forms were created incrementally, a method approximating actual test construction procedures. Participants were 154 12th-grade students from the Portland (Oregon) area. A 45-item test with two options…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Distractors (Tests), Estimation (Mathematics), Grade 12
Peer reviewedTamir, Pinchas – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The performance of 254 Israeli twelfth graders on multiple-choice tests with positive or negative item stems was studied. For items requiring low cognitive reasoning, performance does not differ, but, for items requiring high cognitive reasoning, the negative mode is more difficult. Implications for test construction are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Biology, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
