The Impact of Correction for Guessing Formula on MC and Yes/No Vocabulary Tests' Scores
| Title: | The Impact of Correction for Guessing Formula on MC and Yes/No Vocabulary Tests' Scores |
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| Authors: | abdollah baradaran, saeideh ahanghari, shokouh rashvand semiari |
| Source: | Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 2, Iss 5, Pp 80-98 (2009) |
| Publisher Information: | Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, 2009. |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Collection: | LCC:Language and Literature LCC:Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar |
| Subject Terms: | Correction for Guessing (CFG), Yes/No Questions, Multiple-Choice Questions, Language and Literature, Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar, P101-410 |
| More Details: | A standard correction for random guessing (cfg) formula on multiple-choice and Yes/Noexaminations was examined retrospectively in the scores of the intermediate female EFL learners in an English language school. The correctionwas a weighting formula for points awarded for correct answers,incorrect answers, and unanswered questions so that the expectedvalue of the increase in test score due to guessing was zero. The researcher compared uncorrected and corrected scores on examinationsusing multiple-choice and Yes/No formats. These short-answer formats eliminatedor at least greatly reduced the potential for guessing the correctanswer. The expectation for students to improve their grade by guessingon multiple-choice and Yes/No format examinations is well known. The researcher examined a method for correcting for random guessing (cfg) " no knowledge" on multiple- choice and Yes/No vocabulary examinations by comparing application and non-application of correction for guessing (cfg) formula on scores on these examinations. It was done to determine whether the test takers really knew the correct answer, or they had resorted to a kind of guessing. This study represented a unique opportunity to compare scores from multiple-choice and Yes/No examinations in a settingin which students were given the same number of questions ineach of the two format types testing their knowledge over thesame subject matter. The results of this study indicated that the significant differences were highlighted between the subjects' scores when cfg formula was applied and when it was not. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2008-8434 2538-1695 |
| Relation: | http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_524130_597d515b074aeed9bdb01f3c705a565a.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2008-8434; https://doaj.org/toc/2538-1695 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/0183189246a84be68ede3a469a38ccfc |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.0183189246a84be68ede3a469a38ccfc |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 20088434 25381695 |
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| Published in: | Journal of Applied Linguistics |
| Language: | English |