Psychology Examiners Re-examined: A 5-year perspective

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-74

  Caryl, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345912629     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079912331380148     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. BEARD, R. (1970) Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Harmondsworth, Penguin).
2. BELL, R.C. (1980) Problems in improving the reliability of essay marks, Assessment in Higher Education, 5, pp. 254-263.
3. BULL, G.M. (1956) An examination of the final examination in medicine, Lancet, ii, pp. 368-372.
4. BYRNE, C. (1980) Tutor marked assignments at the Open University: a question of reliability, Assessment in Higher Education, 5, pp. 150-167.
5. COHEN, J. (1992) A power primer, Psychological Bulletin, 112, pp. 155-159.
6. CONWAY, M.A., GARDINER, J.M., PERFECT, T.J., ANDERSON, S.J. & COHEN, G.M. (1987) Changes in memory awareness during learning: the acquisition of knowledge by psychology undergraduates, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 126, pp. 393-413.
7. Cox, R. (1967) Examinations and higher education: a survey of the literature, Universities Quarterly, 21, pp. 292-340.
8. DEARY, I.J., CARYL, P.G., EGAN, V. & WIGHT, D. (1989) Visual and auditory inspection time - their inter-relationship and correlations with IQ in high ability subjects, Personality and Individual Differences, 10, pp. 525-533.
9. DENNIS, I., NEWSTEAD, S.E. & WRIGHT, D.E. (1996) A new approach to exploring biases in educational assessment, British Journal of Psychology, 87, pp. 515-534.
10. DRACUP, C. (1997) The reliability of marking on a psychology degree, British Journal of Psychology, 88, pp. 691-708.
11. EDWARDS, D. (1979) A study of the reliability of tutor marking assignments at the Open University, Assessment in Higher Education, 5, pp. 16-44.
12. EDWARDS, A.L. (1984) An Introduction to Linear Regression and Correlation, 2nd edn (New York, Freeman).
13. GOLDBERG, L.R. (1968) Simple models or simple processes? Some research on clinical judgements, American Psychologist, 23, pp. 483-496.
14. GULLIKSEN, H. (1950) Theory of Mental Tests (New York, John Wiley).
15. HARTOG, P. & RHODES, E.C. (1935) An Examination of Examinations (London, Macmillan).
16. HEIM, A.W. (1954) The Appraisal of Intelligence (London, Methuen).
17. JAMES, C. (1977) The effect of 'paper error' on the reliability of examinations, International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 14, pp. 107-113.
18. JAMES, C. & HUB, D.R. (1983) The effect of question choice on the reliability of an examination, International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 20, pp. 375-384.
19. JOHNSON, E.G. (1985) Analysis of assessment procedures used in an introductory course on psychology, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 10, pp. 63-70.
20. LAMING, D. (1990) The reliability of a certain university examination compared with the precision of absolute judgements, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 42(A), pp. 239-254.
21. LEGGE, D. (1981) Trends in assessment in psychology, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 5, pp. 254-263.
22. MCVEY, P.J. (1975) The errors in marking examination scripts in electronic engineering, International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 12, pp. 203-216.
23. MCVEY, P.J. (1976) The 'paper error' of two examinations in electronic engineering, Physics Education, 11, pp. 58-60.
24. NEWSTEAD, S.E. & DENNIS, I. (1994) Examiners examined: the reliability of exam marking in psychology, The Psychologist, 7, pp. 451-452.
25. NEWSTEAD, S.E. (1996) The psychology of student assessment, The Psychologist, 9, pp. 543-547.
26. VERNON, P.E. (1956) The Measurement of Abilities (London, University of London Press).
27. WISEMAN, S. (1956) Symposium: the use of essays in selection at 11 + . III. - Reliability and validity, British Journal of Educational Psychology, 26, pp. 172-179.