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dc.contributor.authorDugdale, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-20T06:10:15Z
dc.date.available2018-11-20T06:10:15Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn2151-4755
dc.identifier.doi10.4236/ce.2016.715227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143423
dc.description.abstractThis paper applies deductive logic to the structure and outcomes of objective questions. When all terms are clearly defined and deductive logic is correctly used, then the results must be true, even if they are surprising or counter-intuitive. The defined premises are 1) student’s true knowledge, 2) student’s false knowledge, 3) student’s admitted ignorance and 4) student’s level of risk aversion. Definitions for 5) correct answer, 6) wrong answer, and 7) abstain are also needed. Some logical processes are numerical and involve simple equations. The main outcomes include: i) the standard scoring of correct answers, the number of wrong answers and the number of abstain can result from varying levels of true knowledge, false knowledge and admitted ignorance; ii) the level of risk aversion is measured by the proportion of answers where the student abstains from answering. High risk aversion lowers standard score, but this effect can be easily corrected.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishing Incorporated
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2352
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2361
dc.relation.ispartofissue15
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCreative Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume7
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode139999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode13
dc.titleMeasuring student knowledge, ignorance and risk aversion with objective examination questions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0).
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorDugdale, Alan E.


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