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An Investigation of Student Sensitivity to Cues in a Grammatically Consistent Stem and Set of Alternatives.
Huntley, Renee M.; Plake, Barbara S. – 1981
This investigation of the effect of making a set of alternatives conform grammatically to a test item stem showed there is subject sensitivity to such cues. Content-free versions of American College Testing Assessment Experimental Social Science items representing singular-plural and vowel-consonant agreement without inappropriate grammatical…
Descriptors: Cues, Grammatical Acceptability, Higher Education, Response Style (Tests)
Can Relevant Grammatical Cues Result in Invalid Test Items?
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Plake, Barbara S.; Huntley, Renee M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
Two studies examined the effect of making the correct answer of a multiple choice test item grammatically consistent with the item. American College Testing Assessment experimental items were constructed to investigate grammatical compliance to investigate grammatical compliance for plural-singular and vowel-consonant agreement. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests
Number Right Scores as a Function of Item Arrangement, Knowledge of Arrangement, and Test Anxiety.
Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1981
Effects of item arrangement (easy-hard, uniform, and random), test anxiety, and sex on a 48-item multiple-choice mathematics test assembled from items of the American College Testing Program and taken by motivated upper level undergraduates and beginning graduate students were investigated. Four measures of anxiety were used: the Achievement Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
Number Right and Elimination Score as a Function of Item Arrangement, Knowledge of Arrangement, and Test Anxiety.
Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1980
Number right and elimination scores were analyzed on a 48-item college level mathematics test that was assembled from pretest data in three forms by varying the item orderings: easy-hard, uniform, or random. Half of the forms contained information explaining the item arrangement and suggesting strategies for taking the test. Several anxiety…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Quantitative Tests
Are Correction for Guessing and Nedelsky's Standard Setting Method Compatible?
Melican, Gerald; Plake, Barbara S. – 1984
The validity of combining a correction for guessing with the Nedelsky-based cutscore was investigated. A five option multiple choice Mathematics Achievement Test was used in the study. Items were selected to meet several criteria. These included: the capability of measuring mathematics concepts related to performance in introductory statistics;…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests