Quantitatively ranking incorrect responses to multiple-choice questions using item response theory

Research-based assessment instruments (RBAIs) are ubiquitous throughout both physics instruction and physics education research. The vast majority of analyses involving student responses to RBAI questions have focused on whether or not a student selects correct answers and using correctness to measu...

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Main Authors: Trevor I. Smith, Kyle J. Louis, Bartholomew J. Ricci, IV, Nasrine Bendjilali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-01-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.010107