Item analysis of multiple choice questions at the department of paediatrics, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
العناوين الأخرى
تحليل مفردات أسئلة الاختيار من متعدد في قسم الأطفال بجامعة الخليج العربي، المنامة، البحرين
المؤلفون المشاركون
Jaradat, Ahmad
Khiyami, Dina
al-Shibani, Tariq
Ali, Fuad Abd Allah
المصدر
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
العدد
المجلد 18، العدد 1 (28 فبراير/شباط 2018)، ص ص. 68-74، 7ص.
الناشر
جامعة السلطان قابوس كلية الطب و العلوم الصحية
تاريخ النشر
2018-02-28
دولة النشر
سلطنة عمان
عدد الصفحات
7
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Objectives : The current study aimed to carry out a post-validation item analysis of multiple choice questions (MCQs) in medical examinations in order to evaluate correlations between item difficulty, item discrimination and distraction effectiveness so as to determine whether questions should be included, modified or discarded.
In addition, the optimal number of options per MCQ was analysed.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in the Department of Paediatrics, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
A total of 800 MCQs and 4,000 distractors were analysed between November 2013 and June 2016.
Results: The mean difficulty index ranged from 36.70–73.14%.
The mean discrimination index ranged from 0.20–0.34.
The mean distractor efficiency ranged from 66.50–90.00%.
Of the items, 48.4 %, 35.3 %, 11.4 %, 3.9 % and 1.1 % had zero, one, two, three and four nonfunctional distractors (NFDs), respectively.
Using three or four rather than five options in each MCQ resulted in 95 % or 83.6 % of items having zero NFDs, respectively.
The distractor efficiency was 91.87%, 85.83% and 64.13 % for difficult, acceptable and easy items, respectively (P <0.005).
Distractor efficiency was 83.33 %, 83.24% and 77.56 % for items with excellent, acceptable and poor discrimination, respectively (P <0.005).
The average Kuder- Richardson formula 20 reliability coefficient was 0.76.
Conclusion: A considerable number of the MCQ items were within acceptable ranges.
However, some items needed to be discarded or revised.
Using three or four rather than five options in MCQs is recommended to reduce the number of NFDs and improve the overall quality of the examination.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Khiyami, Dina& Jaradat, Ahmad& al-Shibani, Tariq& Ali, Fuad Abd Allah. 2018. Item analysis of multiple choice questions at the department of paediatrics, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 1, pp.68-74.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-839675
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Jaradat, Ahmad…[et al.]. Item analysis of multiple choice questions at the department of paediatrics, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 1 (Feb. 2018), pp.68-74.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-839675
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Khiyami, Dina& Jaradat, Ahmad& al-Shibani, Tariq& Ali, Fuad Abd Allah. Item analysis of multiple choice questions at the department of paediatrics, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2018. Vol. 18, no. 1, pp.68-74.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-839675
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 73-74
رقم السجل
BIM-839675
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
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