In scoring responses, which metric classifies how wrong a response is?

• A. Response Latency
• B. Semantic Clarity
• C. Degree of Wrongness
• D. Accuracy

Answer: (C)

Measuring how far off an answer is requires a scale of wrongness. Degree of Wrongness directly quantifies the extent to which a response deviates from the correct answer. This lets you distinguish a completely incorrect response from one with partial correctness or a minor error, and it supports partial credit and targeted feedback. Response latency looks at how long it took to respond, not the content quality. Semantic clarity assesses how understandable the writing is, not the accuracy of the content. Accuracy indicates right versus wrong, but it doesn’t convey how severe the error is. So, Degree of Wrongness is the best fit for classifying how wrong a response is.