How Can We Analyze an Exam with Varying Multiple Choice Options?

[WWGD]

If we had a multiple choice exam with , say, 20 questions, with 4 choices for each question, we can analyze it as a Binomial(20, .25). What if instead , some of the questions offered 2,3, 4, etc., choices? Is there a " nice" way of analyzing the exam as a whole?

 

[Frabjous]

Is it genitalizing or generalizing?

 

[Mark44]

Is it genitalizing or generalizing?

I'm almost certain he meant "generalizing." I have changed the title to suit my assumption.

 

[Frabjous]

I'm almost certain he meant "generalizing." I have changed the title to suit my assumption.

It is now a less interesting thread.

 

[Mark44]

If we had a multiple choice exam with , say, 20 questions, with 4 choices for each question, we can analyze it as a Binomial(20, .25). What if instead , some of the questions offered 2,3, 4, etc., choices? Is there a " nice" way of analyzing the exam as a whole?

Multinomial distribution? You could group the questions by their number of possible answers.

 

[WWGD]

Is it genitalizing or generalizing?

Maybe PFs auto correct is a pervert.