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Optimal Number of Options: An Investigation of the Assumption of Proportionality.

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Budescu, David V.; Nevo, Baruch – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985

The proportionality model assumes that total testing time is proportional to the number of test items and the number of options per multiple choice test item. This assumption was examined, using test items having from two to five options. The model was not supported. (Author/GDC)

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Analysis

Task Specification Chart: A Key to a Better Understanding of Test Results.

Peer reviewed

Birenbaum, Menucha; Shaw, Doris J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985

A task specification chart that integrates the content facets and the procedural steps of a specified task is suggested as a tool for designing a test and interpreting its results. This procedure is demonstrated for a mathematics test covering one instructional unit on adding and subtracting fractions. (Author/GDC)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Flow Charts, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis

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