Comparison between three option, four option and five option multiple choice question tests for quality parameters: A randomized study

Comparison between three option, four option and five option multiple choice question tests for quality parameters: A randomized study

BACKGROUND Most of the academic teachers use four or five options per item of multiple choice question (MCQ) test as formative and summative assessment. Optimal number of options in MCQ item is a matter of considerable debate among academic teachers of various educational fields. There is a scarcity of the published literature regarding the optimum number of option in each item of MCQ in the fi...

Fixed or mixed: a comparison of three, four and mixed-option multiple-choice tests in a Fetal Surveillance Education Program

BACKGROUND Despite the widespread use of multiple-choice assessments in medical education assessment, current practice and published advice concerning the number of response options remains equivocal. This article describes an empirical study contrasting the quality of three 60 item multiple-choice test forms within the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist...

Evaluation of Five Guidelines for Option Development in Multiple-choice Item-writing Evaluation of Five Guidelines for Option Development in Multiple-choice Item-writing Evaluation of Five Guidelines for Option Development in Multiple-choice Item-writing

Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Multiple-choice items are used extensively in classroom achievement tests. This explains the importance attributed to understanding how to write these items correctly. Multiple-choice test items may be presented in a question or completion format, with negative, positive, simple or complex sentences, with language that is m...

Macros Fast and Secure Multiple-option Tests

A comparison of the psychometric properties of three- and four-option multiple-choice questions in nursing assessments.

In multiple-choice tests, four-option items are the standard in nursing education. There are few evidence-based reasons, however, for MCQs to have four or more options as studies have shown that three-option items perform equally as well and the additional options most often do not improve test reliability and validity. The aim of this study was to examine and compare the psychometric propertie...