Combining Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Test Scores: An Economist's View.

Kennedy, Peter; Walstad, William B.

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Publication Date: 1997

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Combining Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Test Scores: An Economist's View.

Kennedy, Peter; Walstad, William B.

Applied Measurement in Education, v10 n4 p359-75 1997

The consequences in terms of misclassifications of students that would occur by replacing the constructed-response portion of the Advanced Placement (AP) examinations in economics with more multiple-choice items were studied. The 1991 AP examinations in micro- and macroeconomics were used. Computer simulation found that a small but statistically significant number of misclassifications resulted. (SLD)

Descriptors: Classification, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Simulation, Constructed Response, Economic Factors, High School Students, High Schools, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Multiple Choice Tests, Scores, Test Construction, Test Items, Test Results

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB)

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