Item and test analysis to identify quality multiple choice questions (MCQS) from an assessment of medical students of Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Item and test analysis to identify quality multiple choice questions (MCQS) from an assessment of medical students of Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Background: Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are frequently used to assess students in different educational streams for their objectivity and wide reach of coverage in less time. However, the MCQs to be used must be of quality which depends upon its difficulty index (DIF I), discrimination index (D...

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Main Authors: Sanju Gajjar, Rashmi Sharma, Pradeep Kumar, Manish Rana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
Difficulty index
discrimination index
distractor efficiency
multiple choice question or item
nonfunctional distractor (NFD)
teaching evaluation
Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2014;volume=39;issue=1;spage=17;epage=20;aulast=Gajjar

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