The Comparative Difficulty of Professional Certification Questions in an Undergraduate Accounting Course.

Goldwater, Paul; Fogarty, Timothy

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ERIC Number: EJ504529

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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The Comparative Difficulty of Professional Certification Questions in an Undergraduate Accounting Course.

Goldwater, Paul; Fogarty, Timothy

Journal of Education for Business, v70 n4 p207-14 Mar-Apr 1995

An expert system administered study questions from the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exams and others designed for textbooks to 113 accounting students. CPA/CMA questions were more difficult (71% correct compared to 74% for others); CMA questions were more challenging than CPA ones (67% to 73% correct). (SK)

Descriptors: Accounting, Certification, Difficulty Level, Expert Systems, Higher Education, Occupational Tests, Test Items, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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