Stochastic Simulation of Test Results with Guessing
Multiple-choice exam? I will guess!
Multiple-choice questions are objective and can easily and quickly be scored. But an item is often scored as solved simply because the test taker is a lucky guesser.
This Demonstration shows the accumulated scores for some test takers.
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