The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions

Gray, Kara E.; Rebello, N. Sanjay; Zollman, Dean A.

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The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions

written by Kara E. Gray, N. Sanjay Rebello, and Dean A. Zollman

This paper, presented at the 2002 Physics Education Research Conference, investigates how the order of two related FCI questions (#13 and 14) affects students' responses. This study also investigates the effect an unrelated FCI question (#23) has on answers to the above problems. Four versions of a survey were administered before and after instruction to 243 students taking an algebra-based physics class. Versions 1 and 2 of the survey included the related physics questions in opposite order. Versions 3 and 4 included the unrelated physics question and one of the above questions. Student responses for the four versions were compared for both the pre- and post-instruction surveys.

Physics Education Research Conference 2002
Part of the PER Conference series
Boise, Idaho: August 7-8, 2002

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2002…
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Restriction:: © 2002 Kara Gray, Sanjay Rebello and Dean Zollman
DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2002.pr.004
NSF Number:: 0087788
Keywords:: FCI, PERC 2002, multiple-choice questions, test question order
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created September 27, 2006 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: February 16, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 7, 2002

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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=4370">Gray, K, N. Rebello, and D. Zollman. "The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, August 7-8, 2002.</a>

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K. Gray, N. Rebello, and D. Zollman, The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, 2002, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4370&DocID=1160>.

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Gray, K., Rebello, N., & Zollman, D. (2002, August 7-8). The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4370&DocID=1160

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Gray, K, N. Rebello, and D. Zollman. "The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, August 7-8, 2002. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4370&DocID=1160 (accessed 14 October 2024).

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Gray, Kara, N. Sanjay Rebello, and Dean Zollman. "The Effect of Question Order on Responses to Multiple-choice Questions." Physics Education Research Conference 2002. Boise, Idaho: 2002. of PER Conference. 14 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4370&DocID=1160>.

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