The number of options in multiple choice items in language tests: does it make any difference? Evidence from Thailand-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The number of options in multiple choice items in language tests: does it make any difference? Evidence from Thailand

Published:2014-12 Issue:1 Volume:4 Page:
ISSN:2229-0443
Container-title:Language Testing in Asia
language:en
Short-container-title:Language Testing in Asia

Author:

Thanyapa Inadaphat,Currie Michael

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40468-014-0008-7.pdf

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