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Download full textBoldt, Robert F. – 1971
This paper presents the development of scoring functions for use in conjunction with standard multiple-choice items. In addition to the usual indication of the correct alternative, the examinee is to indicate his personal probability of the correctness of his response. Both linear and quadratic polynomial scoring functions are examined for…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Response Style (Tests)
Jacobs, Stanley S. – 1974
Investigated were the effects of two levels of penalty for incorrect responses on two dependent variables (a measure of risk-taking or confidence, based on nonsense items, and the number of response-attempts to legitimate items) for three treatment groups in a 2x3, multi-response repeated measures, multivariate ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) design.…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests
Koehler, Roger A. – 1974
A potentially valuable measure of overconfidence on probabilistic multiple-choice tests was evaluated. The measure of overconfidence was based on probabilistic responses to nonsense items embedded in a vocabulary test. The test was administered under both confidence response and conventional choice response directions to 208 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
Boldt, Robert F. – 1971
One formulation of confidence scoring requires the examinee to indicate as a number his personal probability of the correctness of each alternative in a multiple-choice test. For this formulation, a linear transformation of the logarithm of the correct response is maximized if the examinee reports accurately his personal probability. To equate…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Probability
Rippey, 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
Donlon, Thomas F.; Fitzpatrick, Anne R. – 1978
On the basis of past research efforts to improve multiple-choice test information through differential weighting of responses to wrong answers (distractors), two statistical indices are developed. Each describes the properties of response distributions across the options of an item. Jaspen's polyserial generalization of the biserial correlation…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests), High Schools
Echternacht, Gary – 1971
Confidence testing has been used in varying forms over the past 40 years as a method for increasing the amount of information available from objective test items. This paper traces the development of the procedure from Hevner's beginning method up to the various methods in use today and describes both the testing procedures and scoring methods…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Individual Characteristics, Measurement Techniques
