The study investigated items that were prone to guessing in Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) Economics multiple-choice tests among students in Kwara State, Nigeria. The 2016 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and National Examinations Council (NECO) Economics multiple-choice test items were subjected to guessing parameters. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design, carried out in 25 randomly selected public Senior Secondary Schools in Kwara State. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to sample 768 Senior School III students. The instruments used for data collection were 2016 WASSCE and NECO multiple-choice Economics items. Guessing parameter was computed using WinGen IRT software package used to compute and answer research question 2 (What are those 2016 WASSCE and NECO Economics multiple-choice test items prone to guessing?). The hypothesis was tested using the chi-square statistic at 0.05 level of significance. One of the findings revealed that items prone to guessing in WASSCE and NECO were of the same rate. The finding also revealed that no significant difference existed in items guessed in WASSCE and NECO. One of the recommendations revealed that the classroom teachers and professional developers should avoid clauses such as "except", all of the above", "none of the above" and "not" to mention a few. This could reduce the guessing tendency in multiple-choice items.
Mathematics is an essential subject for human existence on day-to-day activities. This is an indication that it if properly handed it could enhance national development. Therefore, in test items construction to examine students performance in the subject careful considerations must be given. The purpose of the study is to investigate unidimensionality of mathematics multiple-choice test items used for a joint mock examination in Kwara State public schools. The study adopted a descriptive research survey type. The population comprised students in Senior Secondary Schools while the target population consisted of Senior Secondary School II students. The multistage sampling technique that involved stratified, proportionate and simple random sampling was used at different stages of selections. The measuring device was the 2018/2019 Kwara State Joint Mock Mathematics Test. The test is a standardized test and thus the validity and reliability coefficients were not disclosed to the public. The statistical technique employed was factor analysis using SPSS 25.0 version. Tetrachoric correlation statistic was used to obtain 0.96 reliability coefficient. This study, therefore, concluded that only 41 (82%) of 50 multiple-choice items revealed evidence of unidimensionality. One of the recommendations was that those items that violated unidimensionality assumption should be revisited so that instrument could be 100% compliance to unidimensionality.
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