On minimizing guessing effects on multiple-choice items: Superiority of a two solutions and three distractors item format to a one solution and five distractors item format

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-115

  Kubinger, Klaus D ^a   Holocher Ertl, Stefana ^a   Reif, Manuel ^a   Hohensinn, Christine ^a   Frebort, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 77349117301     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2010.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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