How to handle basal questions with high percent of correct answer in objective tests / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

A comparison of simple true-false questions (STFQ) and multiple choice questions (MCQ) plus multiple true-false questions (MTFQ), in the same contents was done at the graduation examination of our department (on 1987. 12. 7.). The mean score of STFQ was 83.7 mark and its standerd deviation was 4.6 mark, and in MCQ plus MTFQ the value was 77.1, 9.0, respectively. At the same student, the mark of STFQ and MCQ plus MTFQ was correlated. We concluded that the handling of the question with high percent of correct answer was induction of the individual total item check method. Then, evaluation got more validity.