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Quality Multiple-Choice Test Questions: Item-Writing Guidelines and an Analysis of Auditing Testbanks

James D. Hansen North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota
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Lee Dexter Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minnesota
Pages 94-97 | Published online: 31 Mar 2010

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