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Original Article

Role of Grammatical Clues in Multiple Choice Questions: An Empirical Study

Peter D. Slade Sub-department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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Michael E. Dewey Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
Pages 146-148 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Some dangers of the use of multiple choice questions are described. In particular, carefully selected questions drawn from published sources contain grammatical clues which enable examinees with a particular sort of linguistic knowledge to gain extra marks.

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