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THREE‐ALTERNATIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS: AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION
Author(s) -
SIDICK JOHN T.,
BARRETT GERALD V.,
DOVERSPIKE DENNIS
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1994.tb01579.x
Subject(s) - multiple choice , psychology , similarity (geometry) , social psychology , econometrics , statistics , economics , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , significant difference , image (mathematics)
Traditionally, multiple choice tests have included four or five alternatives. Data from public sector employment tests are presented that indicate that tests composed of multiple choice items containing three alternatives have psychometric properties similar to those offered by tests composed of items containing five alternatives. Given the similarity of the psychometric properties and the likely reductions in cost of development and administration time, three‐alternative multiple choice items may be preferable to five‐alternative multiple choice items for some testing purposes.