On Varying Item Difficulty by Changing the Response Format for a Mathematical Competence Test

Educational and psychological aptitude and achievement tests employ a variety of different response formats. Today the predominating format is a multiple-choice format with a single correct answer option (at most out of altogether four answer options) because of the possibility for fast, economical...

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Main Authors: Christine Hohensinn, Klaus D. Kubinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Austrian Statistical Society 2016-04-01
Series:Austrian Journal of Statistics
Online Access:http://www.ajs.or.at/index.php/ajs/article/view/276