Statistical modelling of multiple-choice and true/false tests: Ways of considering, and of reducing, the uncertainties attributable to guessing

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-411

  Burton, Richard F ^a   Miller, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010962894     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293990240404     Document Type: Article

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