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ERIC Number: EJ348476
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Positional Response Bias in Multiple-Choice Tests of Learning: Its Relation to Testwiseness and Guessing Strategy
Fagley, N. S.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v79 n1 p95-97 Mar 1987
This article investigates positional response bias, testwiseness, and guessing strategy as components of variance in test responses on multiple-choice tests. University students responded to two content exams, a testwiseness measure, and a guessing strategy measure. The proportion of variance in test scores accounted for by positional response bias, testwiseness, and guessing strategy was .18. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Response Style (Tests), Test Theory, Test Validity, Test Wiseness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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