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Bay, Luz – 1995
An index is proposed to detect cheating on multiple-choice examinations, and its use is evaluated through simulations. The proposed index is based on the compound binomial distribution. In total, 360 simulated data sets reflecting 12 different cheating (copying) situations were obtained and used for the study of the sensitivity of the index in…
Descriptors: Cheating, Class Size, Identification, Multiple Choice Tests