ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTS/AT MASHHAD MEDICAL SCHOOL

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KAVEH TABATBAEI M.S.; BAHREYNI TOUSI SEYED MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN; DERAKHSHAN AKBAR; KHAJEH DALOUEI M.; GHOLAMI HASAN

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Journal: Medical Journal of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Year:2002 | Volume:45 | Issue:76 Page(s): 89-95

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ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTS/AT MASHHAD MEDICAL SCHOOL

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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONQ3

TEST ANALYSISQ4

TEST RELIABILITYQ3

DIFFICULTY INDEXQ3

DISCRIMINATIVE INDEXQ4

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Multiple-choice tests are the most popular objective tests utilized in medical schools. The aim of TEST ANALYSIS is to identify strength and weakness of tests. Since there is no evidence on assessing the validity and reliability of paper and pencil tests in the field of medicine, this study was conducted to analyze the multiple-choice tests used at Mashhad Medical School in 2002.In this descriptive study, we analyzed the data obtained from 24 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION tests Mashhad Medical School. Investigating 1496 questions, difficulty and DISCRIMINATIVE INDEXes were calculated for each question. We also measured the reliability and standard en-orof measurement for all the tests. The data analysis was done by SPSS software.The mean of tests reliability was 0.72±0.13 (min 0.4 &max 0.93). Concerning basic and clinical sciences The mean of the tests reliability was a calculated as 0.88±0.03 and 0.68±0.12 respectively.There was a significant difference between clinical and basic sciences fields (P=0.0001). The mean of standard errors of measurement was 3.51±1.11 (min 2.15 & max 5.78). For basic sciences field this parameter was measured as 2.8±0.4 and for the part of clinical sciences, it amounted to 3.1±1.1. There was also a significant difference between clinical and basic fields (P =0.0001). In 52.2% of cases, DIFFICULTY INDEXes of questions were unacceptable. On the other hand 7.6% of questions were absolutely difficult and 44.6% were extremely easy. The results also have revealed that 49.3% of the questions lacked the adequate discriminative ability to discern between poor and good the examinees. Overall, only one third of MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONs had difficulty and DISCRIMINATIVE INDEXes in the appropriate areas.According to findings, improvement of test quality and evaluation process is necessary; so statistical results of TEST ANALYSIS should be applied for later tests.

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KAVEH TABATBAEI, M.S., BAHREYNI TOUSI, SEYED MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN, DERAKHSHAN, AKBAR, KHAJEH DALOUEI, M., & GHOLAMI, HASAN. (2002). ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTS/AT MASHHAD MEDICAL SCHOOL. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 45(76), 89-95. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/52065/en

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KAVEH TABATBAEI M.S., BAHREYNI TOUSI SEYED MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN, DERAKHSHAN AKBAR, KHAJEH DALOUEI M., GHOLAMI HASAN. ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTS/AT MASHHAD MEDICAL SCHOOL. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2002;45(76):89-95. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/52065/en

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M.S. KAVEH TABATBAEI, SEYED MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN BAHREYNI TOUSI, AKBAR DERAKHSHAN, M. KHAJEH DALOUEI, and HASAN GHOLAMI, “ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTS/AT MASHHAD MEDICAL SCHOOL,” MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol. 45, no. 76, pp. 89–95, 2002, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/52065/en

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