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A Comparison of Several Methods of Assessing Partial Knowledge in Multiple Choice Tests: I. Scoring Procedures
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Kansup, Wanlop; Hakstian, A. Ralph – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1975
Effects of logically weighting incorrect item options in conventional tests and different scoring functions with confidence tests on reliability and validity were examined. Ninth graders took conventionally administered Verbal and Mathematical Reasoning tests, scored conventionally and by a procedure assigning degree-of-correctness weights to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Confidence Testing, Junior High School Students, Multiple Choice Tests
A Comparison of Several Methods of Assessing Partial Knowledge in Multiple Choice Tests: II. Testing Procedures
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Hakstian, A. Ralph; Kansup, Wanlop – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1975
A comparison of reliability and validity was made for three testing procedures: 1) responding conventionally to Verbal Ability and Mathematical Reasoning tests; 2) using a confidence weighting response procedure with the same tests; and 3) using the elimination response method. The experimental testing procedures were not psychometrically superior…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Junior High School Students