RE: Correcting for chance

2004-12-13 Thread John Kulig
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Re: Correcting for chance

2004-12-13 Thread Herb Coleman
Subject: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes From: "Rick Froman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:14:05 -0600 X-Message-Number: 3 ... Has anyone ever considered or implemented a grading procedure for multiple choice tests where you only start counting points earne

Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-12 Thread Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
I do exactly the same thing and find that very few students, indeed take advantage of this. They really do think they know the answer, or they don't know enough to rationalize a challenge. Annette Quoting Jeff Bartel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I do something similar, though my approach has the adv

Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-12 Thread smckelvi
Dear Tipsters, I use multiple-choice sparingly, and always have these questions count 50% or less in the test. Having students give definitions, short answers or essays removed the guessing problem. However, you can also minimize the guessing problem in many other ways: e.g., increase the number

RE: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-11 Thread Rick Froman
.asp -Original Message- From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 4:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes This procedure might be confusing to the students. The chance poin

RE: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-11 Thread Shearon, Tim
aling points". :) I'm not sure what the point to this is. Can you explain why it is important? Tim -Original Message- From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 12/11/2004 4:18 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Cc: Subject: Re: Correc

Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-11 Thread Jeff Bartel
on 12/11/2004 6:22 PM Bill Scott said the following: Here's an alternative. I've tried it and students like it. The procedure also allows you to get an assessment regarding what material the students are feeling confident about regarding their mastery. Print each test item twice. Tell the stude

Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-11 Thread Bill Scott
prings, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp -Original Message- From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 4:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Correcting for chance g

Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-11 Thread David Campbell
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 4:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes This procedure might be confusing to the students. The chance points are the same for all students and operate like adding a

RE: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-11 Thread Rick Froman
) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp -Original Message- From: Rick Froman Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 5:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes I don't grade on a curve b

Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes

2004-12-11 Thread David Campbell
This procedure might be confusing to the students. The chance points are the same for all students and operate like adding a constant to everyone's test score. It's the student's position on the frequency distribution that counts--at least, if you "grade on a curve." --Dave Rick Froman wrot

RE: correcting for chance

2004-03-24 Thread Manza, Louis
Steve:   If each of the group scores were converted to z-scores, wouldn't the z-score mean for each group (by definition) be equal to zero? So you would end-up comparing two zero scores (with a standard deviation of 1.00 for each group).   Good point.  My brain’s a bit fried from pape

Re: correcting for chance

2004-03-24 Thread Donald McBurney
ECTED]   -Original Message- From: Steven Specht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:13 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: correcting for chance   If each of the group scores were converted to z-scores, wouldn't the z-scor

Re: correcting for chance

2004-03-24 Thread Patrick O. Dolan
l Message - From: Peterson, Douglas To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:27 AM Subject: RE: correcting for chance Not knowing exactly what judgment the participants made but assuming that the 2 choice experiment was (recen

RE: correcting for chance

2004-03-24 Thread Peterson, Douglas
South Dakota Vermillion SD 57069 (605) 677-5295 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -Original Message- From: Steven Specht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:13 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: correcting for chance   If each of the group scores

Re: correcting for chance

2004-03-24 Thread Steven Specht
If each of the group scores were converted to z-scores, wouldn't the z-score mean for each group (by definition) be equal to zero? So you would end-up comparing two zero scores (with a standard deviation of 1.00 for each group). Does your student want to know whether participants performed simil

RE: correcting for chance

2004-03-24 Thread Manza, Louis
Patrick:   A student has conducted 2 memory experiments and she would like to compare performance across the two (at least roughly).    The problem is that 1 of them was a 2-alternative forced choice test  and the other is 3-alternative forced choice test (both were judgments of relat