On 1 Mar 2006 at 9:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am doing a professional development presentation in about 2 weeks on writing > good multiple choice tests. > > I'd like to do something interactive to start off. I vaguely remember that > somewhere in the universe exists a "bad" MC test. One where almost anyone > with a > little test taking savvy can guess the correct answers without knowing much > about the subject.
Possibly this is what you're looking for. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~reich/DATA/ignu.html An interesting question is who is to be credited with this clever invention. The url I've given is one of the few which credits someone, in this case Allen M. Schuller of the University of Maryland. I queried Barry Reich, who posted this, and he said (back in 2001) that that was how it was credited when he received it 15 years earlier. Another url relating to the test is this one: http://www.tmk.com/ftp/humor/quiz, a post from Charles Harris, an occasional lurker on TIPS. Note the 1981 date of his note, which must be really early in the use of e-mail. He said he got it from Joseph Kruskal from Clyde Kruskal from Jerome Berkowitz, but in a note to me much later he said that he had satisfied himself that the originator really was Allen M. Schuller, who could not be reached for confirmation. I suggest that credit for it be given as "attributed to Allen M. Schuller". Stephen ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Department of Psychology Bishop's University Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
