Gender Differences in Multiple‐Choice Tests: The Role of Differential Guessing Tendencies

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 23-35

  Ben‐Shakhar, Gershon ^a   Sinai, Yakov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 39549119406     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: 17453984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1991.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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