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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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31(4)79,
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