Item analysis of multiple choice questions: Assessing an assessment tool in medical students

Item analysis of multiple choice questions: Assessing an assessment tool in medical students

Aim: Assessment is a very important component of the medical course curriculum. Item analysis is the process of collecting, summarizing, and using information from student's responses to assess the quality of multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Difficulty index (P) and discrimination index (D) ar...

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Main Authors: Chandrika Rao, H L Kishan Prasad, K Sajitha, Harish Permi, Jayaprakash Shetty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches
Subjects:
Difficulty index
discrimination index
distractor effectiveness
item analysis
multiple choice questions
Online Access:http://www.ijeprjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2395-2296;year=2016;volume=2;issue=4;spage=201;epage=204;aulast=Rao

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