The Effect of Instructions on Multiple-Choice Test Scores

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-150

  Prieto, Gerardo ^a   Delgado, Ana R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Guessing; Multiple choice testing method; Reliability; Scoring testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033462573     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.15.2.143     Document Type: Article

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