Fixed or mixed: a comparison of three, four and mixed-option multiple-choice tests in a Fetal Surveillance Education Program

Nathan Zoanetti; Mark Beaves; Patrick Griffin; Euan M Wallace

doi:10.1186/1472-6920-13-35

Fixed or mixed: a comparison of three, four and mixed-option multiple-choice tests in a Fetal Surveillance Education Program

Nathan Zoanetti, Mark Beaves, Patrick Griffin, Euan M Wallace

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

Background: Despite the widespread use of multiple-choice assessments in medical education assessment, current practice and published advice concerning the number of response options remains equivocal. This article describes an empirical study contrasting the quality of three 60 item multiple-choice test forms within the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Fetal Surveillance Education Program (FSEP).

Original language	English
Journal	BMC Medical Education
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-13-35
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2013

Keywords

Assessment
Medical education
Multiple choice tests
Surveillance Education Program

Disciplines

Medical Education
Family Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences

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