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Peer reviewedTaylor, Annette Kujawski – College Student Journal, 2005
This research examined 2 elements of multiple-choice test construction, balancing the key and optimal number of options. In Experiment 1 the 3 conditions included a balanced key, overrepresentation of a and b responses, and overrepresentation of c and d responses. The results showed that error-patterns were independent of the key, reflecting…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Test Items, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction
Download full textPoggio, John P.; Glasnapp, Douglas R. – 1973
The present research was initiated to investigate whether item-sampling as a procedure would yield a more accurate and stable index of student achievement during formative evaluation when compared to indices arrived at by the traditional method of assessing pupil knowledge and understandings within the framework of multiple choice testing for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Course Content, Educational Objectives, Formative Evaluation
PDF pending restorationHughes, Francis P. – 1979
In an examination designed by a medical specialty board, six tests were administered to groups of candidates for certification to investigate the feasibility of using videotapes of doctor-patient interactions to assess candidates' ability to note signs of potential physical disorders during a patient's physical examination and history taking, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Assessment, Equated Scores, Graduate Medical Students
