Optimal Number of Choices Per Item -- A Comparison of Four Approaches

Author(s):: Lord, Frederic M.
Publication Year:: 1976
Report Number:: RB-76-04
Source:: ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:: Report
Page Count:: 12
Subject/Key Words:: National Science Foundation (NSF), Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction, Test Items

Abstract

Two approaches in the literature for determining the optimal number of choices for a test item are compared with two new approaches. (12pp.)