Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 20, No. 1
Issue: Winter 1989
Pages: pp. 5-22
Author(s): James E. Bruno (University of California)
Title: Using MCW-APM Test Scoring to Evaluate Economics Curricula
Abstract: True/false and multiple-choice tests encourage guessing, which produces an overstatement of subject mastery and results in serious learning problems. An alternative confidence-weighted test scoring method is evaluated and compared.