Multiple choice tests

Abstract

This experiment was set up to test the hypothesis that the validity of multiple choice tests is distorted by the effects of ‘educated’ and ‘wild’ guessing. Most practising teachers intuitively feel this hypothesis to be correct, whereas most authorities hold to the contrary. However, no convincing evidence to support either standpoint has yet, in the author's opinion, been produced.

Citation

Akeroyd, F.M. (1981), "Multiple choice tests", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 81 No. 1, pp. 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058830