Is there any reason why the questions have to be in any language?
The only advantage I see of using a non-english language over purely random
groupings of letters is that you most likely won't end up with stems that
read "hghghw thhrh jhjllkjlkj rtyrtyr cvbxmnb xcvbmv xzcvnx" (note: no
vowels, and basically unpronouncable). But, if a student is familiar with
the language chosen, they could have an unfair advantage over the other
students (more meaningful processing). Now, if you use mostly random letter
groupings, but making sure that vowels do occur in every word (or letter
grouping) and hence somewhat pronouncable, you should be able to get the
effect you are looking for without the possible bias caused by familiarity
with the language.
Of course, I'm guessing here, since this isn't really my area.
- Marc
G. Marc Turner, MEd
Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
Department of Psychology
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
phone: (512)245-2526
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