The Effect of Item Format on Reliability and Validity: a Study of Multiple Choice and True-False Achievement Tests

Author:

Frisbie David A.1

Affiliation:

1. Wichita State University

Abstract

A sample of 529 nonurban high school students each responded to one of four test forms which differed in subject matter (natural science or social studies) and item form order (true-false items before or after multiple choice). The ratio of the number of true-false to multiple-choice items attempted in the first eight minutes of testing was 3:2. The reliabilities of the multiple-choice tests were significantly greater than those of the empirically-lengthened true-false tests. The disattenuated correlation coefficients for three of the four tests were significantly less than 1.00. Conclusions and explanations are discussed.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Applied Mathematics,Applied Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education

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