Examination Paper Length

S ummary . The effect of examination length on inter‐marker reliability has been investigated for four three‐hour examinations in engineering subjects. The shortening of the examinations has been simulated by considering alternative combinations of solutions from scripts from the full‐length examinations which have already been subjected to multiple marking. The results suggest that the five or six solutions required in the full‐length examinations are too few to assess the candidates accurately. As expected, reducing the length of the examination increases the effect of marking error

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