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Frary, Robert B.; And Others – 1985
Students in an introductory college course (n=275) responded to equivalent 20-item halves of a test under number-right and formula-scoring instructions. Formula scores of those who omitted items overaged about one point lower than their comparable (formula adjusted) scores on the test half administered under number-right instructions. In contrast,…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Questionnaires
Willingness to Answer Multiple-Choice Questions as Manifested Both in Genuine and in Nonsense Items.
Peer reviewedFrary, Robert B.; Hutchinson, T.P. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Alternate versions of Hutchinson's theory were compared, and one which implies the existence of partial knowledge was found to be better than one which implies that an appropriate measure of ability is obtained by applying the conventional correction for guessing. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Latent Trait Theory, Multiple Choice Tests, Scoring Formulas
