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The relationship between the order in which students completed multiple-choice or essay tests and their scores on those tests was examined; no significant relationship was found. One cannot successfully predict a student’s test score by knowing when the student completed the test.
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Foos, P.W. Completion time and performance on multiple-choice and essay tests. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 27, 179–180 (1989). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329933
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