Role of grammatical clues in multiple choice questions: an empirical study.
Some dangers of the use of multiple choice questions are described. In particular, carefully selected questions drawn from published sources contain grammatical clues which enable examinees with a particular sort of linguistic knowledge to gain extra marks.
Sub-department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK.
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