Analysis of Multiple Choice Questions: Item Difficulty, Discrimination Index and Distractor Efficiency
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Such findings were reported in anatomy exam [48], community Medicine [49], and multidisciplinary summative exams [50, 51] that were constructed traditionally.
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- Authors
- D'Sa, J. L., & Visbal-Dionaldo, M. L.
- Venue
- International Journal of Nursing Education
- Publisher
- Diva Enterprises Private Limited
- Published
- 2017
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 109
- ISSN
- 0974-9349 (ISSN-L)
- 0974-9357
- OpenAlex
- W2753486495
- Cited by
- 53
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 2.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Nursing Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Keywords
- multiple-choice questions, item difficulty, item discrimination index, distractor efficiency, item analysis, nursing education evaluation
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