A METHOD FOR SCORING MULTICATEGORY ITEMS

Introducing a Non-Dichotomous Method for Scoring Selected-Response Tests

The main purpose of this study was to introduce a new non-dichotomous scoring procedure for the multiple-choice test method, called Parledge. The research also aimed to determine Parledge characteristics through a psychometric study comparing it with the “Number Correct” and “Correction for Guessing” scoring methods. There were 35 students participating in the study who were given a vocabulary ...

Measurement Scales for Scoring or Ranking Sets of Interrelated Items

Surveys concerned with human values, economic utilities, organisational features, customer or citizen satisfaction, or with preferences or choices among a set of items may aim at estimating either a ranking or a scoring of the choice set. In this paper we discuss the statistical and practical properties of five different techniques for data collection of a set of interrelated items; namely the ...

Pigmentation scoring method for Drosophila

Melanization in Drosophila is complex and varies from species to species. Several methods in practice today quantitate pigmentation in Drosophila species, but these existing methods are compromised at certain levels. The majority of drosophilid body tergites show a range of yellow to dark brown pigmentation as well as segment to segment variation, making it difficult to score correctly. We pres...

Automated Scoring of Constructed-Response Literacy and Mathematics Items

Title : Automatic Scoring of Items in PISA 2012 Problem Solving

The OECD PISA 2012 Problem Solving assessment was delivered on-line and exploited the capabilities of the computer by including many problems where students were required to interact with a virtual scenario. The actions taken by students – clicking buttons, dragging objects etc – were recorded in log files during testing. For many items these logs were used to automatically score the item. In s...