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ERIC Number: EJ307714
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Effects of Item Characteristics on Multiple-Choice Item Difficulty.
Green, Kathy
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v44 n3 p551-61 Aut 1984
Two factors, language difficulty and option set convergence, were experimentally manipulated and their effects on item difficulty assessed. Option convergence was found to have a significant effect on item difficulty while the effect of language difficulty was not significant. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Factors, Responses, Test Items
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Distractors (Tests)
Note: A previous draft was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (67th, Montreal, Quebec, April 11-15, 1983).