Question- What are the advantages and disadvantages of essay type items?

Ans.

The advantages of essay type items are :
(i) Easy to prepare
(ii) Useful in measuring certain abilities and skills.
(iii) Permits the examinee to write down comprehensively on the subject asked.
(iv) Promote originality and creative thinking.
(v) Possibility of guess work can be eliminated.
(vi) Reduce the chances of the spot copying.
(vii) Low printing cost.

The disadvantages of essay type items are :
(i) Minimum validity.
(ii) Lack of Reliability.
(iii) No objectivity.
(iv) Rote memory is encouraged.
(v) It is a time consuming test item.

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