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Download full textGarvin, Alfred D.; Ralston, Nancy C. – 1970
Confidence Weighting (CW), after Ebel, and Multiple Responding (MR), after Coombs, are compared empirically to determine which improved test reliability more in the case of a course pretest derived from the final examination. It was hypothesized that MR, which purportedly measures partial knowledge, would be more effective than CW, which measures…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
