Open AccessComparison between three option, four option and five option multiple choice question tests for quality parameters: A randomized study
Author(s) -
Bhavisha N Vegada,
Apexa Shukla,
Ajeet Kumar Khilnani,
Jaykaran Charan,
Chetna Desai
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.190757
Subject(s) - multiple choice , formative assessment , summative assessment , test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , actuarial science , quality (philosophy) , item analysis , statistics , mathematics education , mathematics , significant difference , psychometrics , economics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics , biology
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 field of medical education.