title: Verbosity, window dressing, and red herrings: do they make a better test item?
authors.affiliation: National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Case
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics