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Unit 4: Characteristics of a Good Test

2. Commonly used content elements are (i) Facts (F), (ii) Concepts (C) and Principle Notes
3. Commonly used forms of questions are : (i) Objective type (O), Short-answer type (S) and
Essay type (E).

4.6 Keywords

Comprehensiveness : including all items, details fact information etc.
Scorability : The ability to achieve more and more scores
Utility : The quality of being useful

4.7 Review Questions

1. What are the characteristics of a good test ?
2. What is the meaning of question, explain its characteristics ?
3. What are the genotypic varieties of a question ?
Answers : Self Assessment
1. (i) Objective (ii) Course Content, Content Validity
(iii) Reliability (iv) Proper wording
(v) Subject marking (vi) Form of question

4.8 Further Readings

1. Education Measurement and Evaluation : J.Swarupa Rani, Discovery Publishing
house.
2. Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching : Norman Edward Gronlund Macmillian
3. Measurement and Assessment in Teaching : Robert L. Linn Pearson Education India.
4. Program Evaluation and performance measurement : James C. Me. David, Laura
R.L. Hawthorn, Sage Publications.

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