Multiple-mark items: An alternative objective item format?

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 949-962

  Pomplun, Mark ^a   Hafidz Omar, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040745581     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164497057006005     Document Type: Article

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