The Effects of the Number of Options in Multiple-Choice Listening Tests
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23520692
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Prefectural University of Kumamoto (2014)
Tokiwa University (2011-2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
IIMURA Hideki 熊本県立大学, 文学部, 准教授 (30382831)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Keywords | リスニング / 多肢選択式 / 問題形式 / 錯乱肢 / 妥当性 / 項目困難度 / 弁別力 / 信頼性 / テスト形式 / リスニングテスト / テストテイキングストラテジー / リスニングストラテジー / プロトコル / タスク / 多肢選択式テスト / テストテイキング・ストラテジー / リスニング・ストラテジー / 言語テスト / 項目分析 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study investigated the effects of the numbers of options (four-option vs. three-option) on different listening tasks. The data were analyzed from the perspective of item difficulty, discrimination, reliability, and distractor performance. The results indicate that the number of options had no notable impact on item difficulty in picture and dialogue tasks, but had a significant effect in the monologue task. The results also suggest that the number of options had no great impact on item discrimination and reliability in all tasks, and that the number of items containing all discriminating distractors was different between the three tasks. The overall findings provide evidence that task difference and distractor analysis are important elements in the study of optimal number of options and the development of multiple-choice listening tests.
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