Este trabajo utiliza la Ley de Newcomb-Benford y las pruebas de Beber y Scacco para analizar las elecciones presidenciales desde 1958 hasta el 2006, las presidenciales de 1922, las elecciones de Congreso en 2010, y las votaciones para Alcalde en Cali del 2007. Este es el primer estudio y...

This paper implements the answer-copying detection methodology for multiple-choice tests developed in Sotaridona, van der Linden and Meijer [2006], based on Cohen's Kappa index. We present results of this methodology applied to the standardized test for college admissions in Colombia that took...

Multiple choice exams are frequently used as an efficient and objective instrument to evaluate knowledge. Nevertheless, they are more vulnerable to answer-copying than tests based on open questions. Several statistical tests (known as indices) have been proposed to detect cheating but to the...