An Experimental Analysis of Answer-Changing Behavior on Objective Tests.

Autor/in	Jacobs, Stanley S.
Titel	An Experimental Analysis of Answer-Changing Behavior on Objective Tests.
Quelle	(1971), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Academic Ability; Achievement Tests; Educational Experiments; Graduate Students; Multiple Choice Tests; Response Style (Tests); Student Behavior; Student Characteristics; Test Wiseness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Schulversuch; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Antwortverhalten; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The study was an experimental investigation of the effects of item difficulty and subject ability on subjects answer-changing behaviors. Subjects were administered an achievement test composed of items at three levels of difficulty via slides, followed by a printed copy of the test. Analyses revealed no effects attributable to subject ability. Item difficulty was related to both frequency and qualty of change. Fewest answers were changed for easiest items, with the greatest number of changes and points gained on moderately difficult items. A generally inverse relationship appeared between quality of change and difficulty. Subjects were unable to predict the outcome of their answer-changing; while approximately 50% felt they typically lost, on the average all subjects gained regardless of their opinion. (Author)
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Update	2004/1/01