ANALYSIS OF ONE-BEST TYPE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AT ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, RAWALPINDI
| Autor: | Mubashir Sharif, Yawar Hayat Khan, Rahila Yasmin, Amna Amjad, Ayesha Aslam |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 4, Pp 1170-1173 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0030-9648 2411-8842 |
| Popis: | Objective: To assess the quality of multiple choice questions used for evaluation of 2nd year dental students’ knowledge regarding pre-clinical prosthodontics. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Army Medical College/Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, form April 2019. Methodology: The study included 48 undergraduate students of 2nd year BDS at Army Medical College/Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry in April 2019, comprising of 25 one – best type multiple choice questions (MCQs), each having four options a-d. Parameters employed in the item analysis included difficulty index, discrimination index (DI) and the distractor efficiency (DE). Data was analyzed using SPSS version 24. Results: Difficulty index showed that 20% multiple choice questions were “too difficult”. Fifty two percent of multiple choice questions had a poor discrimination index and of the 100 distractors, 29 (29%) were non-functional. Items with moderate difficulty, higher discrimination and functional distractors must be incorporated in multiple choice questions to improve the test standard and quality. Conclusion: Items administered in this test were of moderate quality. Flawed items require careful revision to improve their quality before using them in any future assessments. |
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