Rarely selected distractors in high stakes medical multiple-choice examinations and their recognition by item authors: a simulation and survey
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Rarely selected distractors in high stakes medical multiple-choice examinations and their recognition by item authors: a simulation and survey
BACKGROUND Many medical exams use 5 options for multiple choice questions (MCQs), although the literature suggests that 3 options are optimal. Previous studies on this topic have often been based on non-medical examinations, so we sought to analyse rarely selected, 'non-functional' distractors (NF-D) in high stakes medical examinations, and their detection by item authors as well as psychometri...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-85