Guessing the Answer on Objective Tests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9615434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Choppin (National Foundation for Educational Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 206-213 |
| Publication date | 1975-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1975.tb03245.x |
| OpenAlex | W2156786889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
S ummary . Using data obtained as part of the cross‐cultural IEA study on academic standards, the tendency of particular pupils to guess on multiple‐choice tests was measured using an index proposed by Ziller. The amount of guessing was found to increase with the amount of reading material each item contained. English school pupils appear to be more inclined to guess than are pupils in most other Western countries. Guessing is more frequent in the public sector of education than in the independent sector. Among 14‐year‐olds, boys were slightly, but consistently, more likely to guess than girls. This sex difference was not apparent among children aged 10
Developmental psychology · Index (typography) · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Psychometrics · Reading (process) · Test validity · Validation test · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2014 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |