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ERIC Number: EJ217550
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980
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Components of Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions on a Published Reading Comprehension Test: An Application of the Hanna-Oaster Approach.
Entin, Eileen B.; Klare, George B.
Reading Research Quarterly, v15 n2 p228-36 1980
An approach to assessing context dependence was applied to data from the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. The results suggest that scores on the difficult passages are inflated because the examinees can answer the questions without having to comprehend the passage. (MKM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Context Clues, Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Nelson Denny Reading Tests
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