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Download full textOtoyo, Lucia; Bush, Martin – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2018
This article presents the results of an empirical study of "subset selection" tests, which are a generalisation of traditional multiple-choice tests in which test takers are able to express partial knowledge. Similar previous studies have mostly been supportive of subset selection, but the deduction of marks for incorrect responses has…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Grading, Test Reliability, Test Format
Direct linkBush, Martin – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
The humble multiple-choice test is very widely used within education at all levels, but its susceptibility to guesswork makes it a suboptimal assessment tool. The reliability of a multiple-choice test is partly governed by the number of items it contains; however, longer tests are more time consuming to take, and for some subject areas, it can be…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format, Test Reliability
