Examining the impact of specific types of item-writing flaws on student performance and psychometric properties of the multiple choice question

Background: Item-writing flaws (IWFs) are common in multiple choice questions (MCQs) despite item-writing guidelines. Previous studies have shown that IWFs impact validity as observed through student performance, item difficulty, and discrimination. Most previous studies have examined IWFs collectiv...

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Published inMedEdPublish Vol. 7; no. 4
Main Authors Hannah Pham, James Besanko, Peter Devitt
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published F1000 Research Ltd 01.10.2018
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