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Confidence Weighting Plus Coombs-Type Response Options: A Good Idea That Failed.

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Garvin, Alfred D.

Confidence weighting (CW) tends to improve the reliability of easy tests; the Coombs-type multiple-response (MR) option tends to improve the reliability of hard tests. It was hypothesized that, on a test of moderate difficulty, offering both the CW and MR response options would improve reliability more than either alone. Twenty-four subjects took…

Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Educational Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Response Style (Tests)

Confidence Weighting.

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Garvin, Alfred D. – 1972

Various aspects of Confidence Weighting are examined. Variant of Confidence Weighting, its effect on test reliability, and the validity of Confidence Weighting are discussed. (DG)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Measurement Techniques