Testing Formats
 

I know that at this time of the year most of you are working on floor skills and not into the rule book as much as you are at the first of the season while studying for the NFHS, IAABO, or whatever test you have to take to qualify for the season.

My question has to deal with the format of the test(s) you take. In my neck of the woods we have to take the NFHS test which is written in a True-False format. The IAABO test I also receive is written in a format that gives a situation, the officials action, and then asks if the official was correct for that situation (Yes-No).

I personally have a problem with the NFHS True-False answer format and tend to read things into the question that are not there. Of the questions I missed on the test this year, I actually knew the rule for all but one, but mis-interpeded the question.

Perhaps one of you who knows how to set up a survey could do it for this question. What type of test format do you perfer? True-False or Yes-No.

Neither. I believe that it should be multiple choice A, B, C, or D.

I like Nevadaref's idea as long as they don't have multilple questions in a question as in the casebook. Otherwise were not going to have 100 Q tests but 400 Q's:D :D

Ranjo - like you, I dislike the T/F questions and read too much into it.... confuses the heck out of me sometimes even though I know the situation and it's literally staring me in the face. Multiple choice might be nice. But, I'm sure they could make that confusing too...... No substitute for getting out there and doing it!

Yes/No and True/False are the same. If one set of options appeals more to you than the other, then you are definitely over-thinking the questions.

That's what I was thinking.

Today's quiz question:

True or false - yes/no questions are the same as true/false? If you answer "true", does that mean "yes"? :confused:

Perhaps.

yes .....er....no........er.....false.............wait I know this one ....TRUE :D

D: all of the above.

E: none of the above - there is no black and white;)

I would like to see situational question and answer a, b, c, or d. To me, this is the best way to get the knowledge in your head. On true/false, one word can make it either t/f.

The nature of the rules is such that it's important to understand the importance of those single words in applying the rules to the game. I don't think the T/F type test is the best way to go, but I think the NFHS does do a decent job of using that format as an instructional tool.

However I feel they frequently do not do a good job of expressing the scope of each question. It is sometimes difficult to know whether a known exception to the rule that isn't mentioned in the question will affect the answer they're looking for.

I once took a urine test that was multiple choice. All the answers were "p". :p

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To those of you that may not have taken a test using both formats: Generally the True-False test asks questions about specific rules and the Yes-No format asks questions about specific situations and you must use your rules knowledge to come up with the answer. To me they are not the same.

But I do agree the better you know the rule book the less likely you are to be tripped up by one word in the True-False format.