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MCQ and higher examinations as exemplified by the primary Fellowship of the Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Author(s) -
HUNTER A. R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1978.tb01427.x
Subject(s) - multiple choice , medicine , relation (database) , final examination , medical education , psychology , family medicine , significant difference , data mining , computer science
Summary A major problem of the use of multiple choice examinations is the inherent difficulty of the questions, a fact which cannot be assessed in relation to questions not previously used. Questions which have been used during previous examinations, however, will have an available measure of the difficulty in the form of candidates’ previous scores. The performance of candidates in a current examination can be compared with that in a previous examination. On the strength of these differences it is possible to decide whether the candidates in any single examination are better prepared than their predecessors or less well prepared. Pass marks can be appropriately adjusted.