Using multiple-choice tests to evaluate students' understanding of accounting

Accounting Education

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Bible, Lynn ^a   Simkin, Mark G ^b   Kuechler, William L ^b  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Constructed response assessment; Multiple choice testing; Standardized testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054857201     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280802009249     Document Type: Article

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