Gr. Hancock et al., RELIABILITY OF COMPARABLY WRITTEN 2-OPTION MULTIPLE-CHOICE AND TRUE-FALSE TEST ITEMS, Educational and psychological measurement, 53(3), 1993, pp. 651-660
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational","Psychologym Experimental","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
This study compares two-option multiple-choice vocabulary test items w
ith comparably written true-false test items. Results indicate that th
e multiple-choice format provides a significantly more reliable measur
e than the true-false format. Results further indicate that the true a
nd false items do not appear to be measuring the same abilities. Poten
tial strategies are discussed that an examinee may use for solving two
-option multiple-choice and true-false test items in an effort to expl
ain these results.