Subj : Re: Auto-grading aptitude tests (was: Software Job Market Myths) To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : Richard Heathfield Date : Fri Aug 19 2005 10:09 am Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t wrote: >> From: Richard Heathfield >> The aptitude test could be designed in such a way that it could be >> marked by a clerk, or even a computer. > > I'm curious to know more specifics of how you consider such a test. > For example, do you have in mind multiple choice and T/F, or do you > also include missing-word questions, short-answer questions, and essay > questions? I wouldn't bother with anything that required the candidate to provide more than one token, such as short-answer questions or essay questions, except perhaps as a tie-breaker, primarily because I wouldn't trust a computer to get the marking right; the computer could do the easy ranking, and the essay questions could be marked by a techie if and only if the quality of those questions became relevant. -- Richard Heathfield "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999 http://www.cpax.org.uk mail: rjh at above domain .