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Basic Item Analysis for Multiple-Choice Tests. ERIC/AE Digest.
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Kehoe, Jerard – 1995
This digest presents a list of recommendations for writing multiple-choice test items, based on psychometrics statistics are typically provided by a measurement, or test scoring, service, where tests are machine-scored or by testing software packages. Test makers can capitalize on the fact that "bad" items can be differentiated from…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Item Banks, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
More Multiple-Choice Item Writing Do's and Don'ts. ERIC/AE Digest.
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Frary, Robert B. – 1995
This digest presents a list of recommendations for writing multiple-choice test items, based on psychometrics and logical deduction. Questions should ask more than mere knowledge of facts and should not contain superfluous information as an introduction to the question. Each question should focus on some specific aspect of the course, and the item…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Distractors (Tests), Educational Assessment, Item Bias