<Li> Creating a bank of questions . </Li> <Li> Estimating the validity of the questions, by means of statistical procedures and / or judgement of experts in the field . </Li> <Li> Designing a format of application (a clear, easy - to - answer questionnaire, or an interview, etc .). </Li> <Li> Detecting which questions are better in terms of discrimination, clarity, ease of response, upon application on a pilot sample . </Li>

Objective tests are generally more reliable than essay tests because objective tests