Detecting excessive similarity in answers on multiple choice exams

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 909-921

  Wesolowsky, George O ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0042533328     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760050120588     Document Type: Article

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