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Plausible Distractors

Plausible Distractors is a test item development construct that consists of incorrect but seemingly reasonable answer options designed to attract test-takers who possess incomplete knowledge or misconceptions, thereby effectively differentiating between levels of understanding in assessment instruments.

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Comprehension of Pictorial Symbols: Effects of Context and Test Method

Jennifer Snow Wolff, Michael S. Wogalter · Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society · 1998 · 149 citations

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Distractor plausibility and criterion placement in recognition

Aaron S. Benjamin, Sameer Bawa · Journal of Memory and Language · 2004 · 88 citations

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Multiple-Choice Item Distractor Development Using Topic Modeling Approaches

Jinnie Shin, Qi Guo, Mark J. Gierl · Frontiers in Psychology · 2019 · 78 citations · Full text

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Effect of delay in testing on retention of plausible versus bizarre mental images.

Edward J. O’Brien, Clyde R. Wolford · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · 1982 · 48 citations

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Validity and Reliability of Scores Obtained on Multiple-Choice Questions: Why Functioning Distractors Matter

Syed Haris Ali, Patrick A. Carr, Kenneth G. Ruit · Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning · 2016 · 45 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MJ
    Mark J. Gierl

    University of Alberta, Canada

    2 publications · 123 citations

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  2. DG
    Donna Gates

    University of Cincinnati Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. TS
    Troy Stopera

    George Washington University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. SH
    Shahid Hassan

    Government Dental College and Hospital, India

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. HJ
    Hyeju Jang

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  1. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    324 citations

  2. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    156 citations

  3. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    162 citations

  4. Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Kežmarok, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  5. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  6. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. Campbell University

    Buies Creek, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. University of Turin

    Turin, Italy

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    96 citations

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  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  3. Natural Language Engineering

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

    JoSoTL · 1 publications · 45 citations

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  5. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)

    Repository · 1 publications · 15 citations

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