Reliability of speeded number-right multiple-choice tests

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 357-368

  Attali, Yigal ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple choice tests; Reliability; Speededness

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944546721     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621605276676     Document Type: Review

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