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ERIC Number: EJ487369
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
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Estimating the Optimum Number of Options per Item Using an Incremental Option Paradigm.
Trevisan, Michael S.; And Others
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v54 n1 p86-91 Spr 1994
The reliabilities of 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-choice tests were compared through an incremental-option model on a test taken by 154 high school seniors. Creating the test forms incrementally more closely approximates actual test construction. The nonsignificant differences among the option choices support the three-option item. (SLD)
Descriptors: Distractors (Tests), Estimation (Mathematics), High School Students, High Schools, Item Analysis, Models, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Items, Test Reliability
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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