Dependence of Reliability of Multiple-Choice Tests Upon Number of Choices Per Item: Prediction from the Spearman-Brown Formula

Author(s):

Zimmerman, Donald W.; Williams, Richard H.; Burkheimer, Graham J.

Publication Year:

1966

Source:

Psychological Reports, v19 n3 pt2 p1239-1243, Dec 1966

Document Type:

Article

Page Count:

5

Subject/Key Words:

Multiple-Choice Tests, Test Reliability, Choices Per Item, Statistical Reliability, Guessing, Spearman-Brown Formulas, Parallel Test Forms

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• http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1966.19.3f.1239