Assessing the validity of multiple-choice questions for RAPP story comprehension

Aphasiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5-7, 2004, Pages 493-519

  Fossett, Tepanta R D ^a   McNeil, Malcolm R ^a   Doyle, Patrick J ^a   Rubinsky, Hillel ^a   Nixon, Stephanie ^a   Hula, William ^a   Brady, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2542452103     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030444000066     Document Type: Article

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