Analysis of MCQ and distractor use in a large first year Health Faculty Foundation Program: assessing the effects of changing from five to four options

Analysis of MCQ and distractor use in a large first year Health Faculty Foundation Program: assessing the effects of changing from five to four options

Abstract Background Multiple choice questions are commonly used in summative assessment. It is still common practice for tertiary institutions and accrediting bodies to use five-option single best answer multiple choice questions, despite a substantial body of evidence showing that multiple choice q...

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Main Authors: Nicolette Fozzard, Andrew Pearson, Eugene du Toit, Helen Naug, William Wen, Ian R. Peak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Subjects:
Multiple choice question
Discrimination index
Difficulty factor
Reduce options
Distractors
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-018-1346-4

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