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@Article{Farthing:1998:PMC,
  author =       "Dave W. Farthing and Dave M. Jones and Duncan McPhee",
  title =        "Permutational multiple-choice questions: an objective
                 and efficient alternative to essay-type examination
                 questions",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "30",
  number =       "3",
  pages =        "81--85",
  month =        sep,
  year =         "1998",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/290320.283036",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sat Nov 17 16:56:32 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1990.bib",
  abstract =     "Despite the attractive characteristics of
                 multiple-choice questions --- efficient to mark, not
                 subjective, etc. --- they are rarely considered a
                 suitable substitute for traditional essay-type
                 questions. This is especially true for final year
                 honours degree examinations. This paper introduces a
                 new form of assessment: the Permutational
                 Multiple-Choice Question (PMCQ). Results of trials in
                 final year degree examinations indicate that these
                 questions are as good as essay-type questions at
                 discriminating among candidates. They also offer many
                 benefits: $ \bullet $ consistency and reliability in
                 marking $ \bullet $ reduced need for cross checking
                 among assessment teams, or between franchised
                 institutions, $ \bullet $ objective and reproducible
                 results; $ \bullet $ efficiency in marking $ \bullet $
                 quicker to mark, $ \bullet $ can be automated; $
                 \bullet $ broad coverage of syllabus. Unlike
                 traditional multiple-choice questions, PMCQs are not
                 susceptible to candidates guessing the correct answer.
                 Candidates who guessed the answers in a PMCQ test could
                 expect a mark of only 3\% (compared with 25\% in a
                 ``choose one from four'' test), and the likelihood of
                 gaining a 40\% pass mark in a test of ten PMCQs would
                 be only 1:4500 (rather than approx. 1:5).",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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