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ERIC Number: EJ266473
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Response Biases in Multiple-Choice Test Item Files.
Mentzer, Thomas L.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v42 n2 p437-48 Sum 1982
Evidence of biases in the correct answers in multiple-choice test item files were found to include "all of the above" bias in which that answer was correct more than 25 percent of the time, and a bias that the longest answer was correct too frequently. Seven bias types were studied. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Psychology, Response Style (Tests), Test Bias, Test Format, Test Items
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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