Effect of Item Order on Exam Scores

Effect of Item Order on Exam Scores

The effect of question order on test scores was examined for a group of 289 students in a natural resources course. Four exams were assembled from the same questions by creating two orders of questions and then creating two page sequences for each order of questions. Comparisons between exams differ...

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Veröffentlicht in:NACTA journal 1983-06, Vol.27 (2), p.28-30
Hauptverfasser: Nielsen, Larry A., Johnson, David L.
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