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Autor/in | Garvin, Alfred D. |
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Titel | Confidence Weighting Plus Coombs-Type Response Options: A Good Idea That Failed. |
Quelle | , (7 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Confidence Testing; Educational Testing; Multiple Choice Tests; Response Style (Tests); Test Construction; Test Reliability |
Abstract | Confidence weighting (CW) tends to improve the reliability of easy tests; the Coombs-type multiple-response (MR) option tends to improve the reliability of hard tests. It was hypothesized that, on a test of moderate difficulty, offering both the CW and MR response options would improve reliability more than either alone. Twenty-four subjects took a 20-item multiple-choice test under CW plus MR instructions. MR was used less than CW; 9 subjects used both options. Coefficient alphas computed on four scoring bases showed MR, alone, depressed reliability a little; CW, alone, depressed it a lot; and the two combined depressed it even more. It was concluded that these two previously successful special testing procedures cannot be combined to form an even better one. (Author) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |