Essay Questions Are More Appropriate Than Objective Items When Measuring

question 19

Multiple Choice

Essay questions are more appropriate than objective items when measuring the ability to do which of the following?

• A)identify the importance of information
• B)integrate information
• C)interpret information
• D)recall information

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Definitions:

Non-categorical

Pertaining to concepts or items not organized according to a specific category or class.

Proposition

A note that communicates a viewpoint or opinion.

Subalternates

In the traditional square of opposition, the relationship between a universal and a particular proposition of the same quality (A and I, E and O): if the universal is true, the particular must be true, and if the particular is false, the universal must be false.

Universal

Pertaining to a statement or concept that applies to all cases or instances without exception.