Comparison of the Three-Decision and Conventional Multiple-Choice Tests
- 1 June 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 20 (3) , 695-698
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1967.20.3.695
Abstract
Two multiple-choice tests, one with five alternatives for each question and one with four alternatives for each question, were scored as a Three-decision Multiple-choice Test and as a conventional multiple-choice test. In addition, the five-alternative test was scored as a modified conventional multiple-choice test by giving half marks if the correct alternative was picked as the second choice. The different scoring systems were evaluated by correlating the scores with the average mark obtained by each student in all his courses during the year. The results indicated that the conventional multiple-choice test was not improved by scoring methods which gave credit for partial knowledge.Keywords
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