Multiple choice questions for assessment of primary FFARCS Course students

Analysis of Multiple Choice Questions Based On Classical Test Theory

Introduction: The aim of this study was to use Classical Test Theory (CTT) software for qualitative and quantitative analysis of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) for Master students of health discipline. Methods: This study was carried out on two groups each including 50 undergraduate students of public health, and two groups of 50 and 26 undergraduate students of occupational health. The final...

Online assessment standard setting for multiple choice questions.

Standard setting of assessment questions has matured as a psychometric practice since the 1980s1 and is now a common practice in Medical Education.2 This is done to ensure that a fair, defensible cutoff score or pass mark is reached for each assessment paper.3 Standard setting is thus a policy decision as standards are not a natural phenomenon waiting to be discovered,4 neither does the process...

Medical students' vs. family physicians' assessment of practical and logical values of pathophysiology multiple-choice questions.

Testing strategies can either have a very positive or negative effect on the learning process. The aim of this study was to examine the degree of consistency in evaluating the practicality and logic of questions from a medical school pathophysiology test, between students and family medicine doctors. The study engaged 77 family medicine doctors and 51 students. Ten questions were taken from car...

Guessing in Multiple Choice Questions: Challenges and Strategies

Introduction: Guessing is one of the most challenging issues in multiple choice questions. Several strategies, such as negative scoring, have been suggested for preventing students from choosing the right answer just by chance. However, there is no general agreement on using such strategies. The aim of this study was to review the scoring methods which are used for reducing guessing, and evalua...

Multiple Choice Questions