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Systematic Construction of Distractors for Ability and Achievement Test Items
Louis Guttman,I.M. Schlesinger +1 more
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In this paper, it is argued that distractors can be constructed in a systematic fashion, and it is also argued that they can even be constructed on the basis of intuition as to what answer might be attractive, or by gleaning answers from tests which are first presented in open-ended form.Abstract:
DISTRACTORS, according to the definition given by English and English (1958), &dquo;are designed to be attractive ... to the respondent who does not know the correct answer.&dquo; Keeping the correct answer company is usually regarded the only function of distractors, and sufficient attraction is deemed sufficient qualification for being a good distractor. Hence, distractors are usually constructed initially on the basis of intuition as to what answer might be attractive, or else by gleaning answers from tests which are first presented in open-ended form. By contrast, it will be argued here that distractors can be constructed in a systematic fashionread more
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