Item Response Changes: Effects on Test Scores
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance
- Vol. 7 (4) , 220-224
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00256307.1975.12022649
Abstract
Counselors and teachers are sometimes asked for advice concerning the advisability of changing a response made to an objective test item. This article examines the current beliefs of students, the advice given in the how to literature, and the effects of changed responses. In this study there were twice as many wrong to right changes as there were right to wrong. This finding is consistent with other controlled investigations and contrary to popular belief.Keywords
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