Affiliation:
1. University of California, Los Angeles
2. University of Twente, Netherlands
Abstract
This study examines the question of the optimal number of choices on a multiple-choice test from an information theory perspective. Results are compared to addressing this question using more traditional statistical approaches. Based on information theory, the study reveals that, in general, three choices to a multiple-choice test item seem optimal. This finding verifies what other researchers have found from statistical and observational (item analysis) approaches.
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Applied Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education
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32 articles.
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