Seek whence: Answer sequences and their consequences in key-balanced multiple-choice tests

American Statistician

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-303

  Bar Hillel, Maya ^a   Attali, Yigal ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Randomization; SAT; Testwiseness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036842932     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313002623     Document Type: Article

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