{"title":"Writing effective multiple choice questions","authors":"S. Finley","doi":"10.4337/9781788975087.00046","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION Multiple-choice questions are used commonly in online courses. They are versatile and efficient, and most course management systems provide a tool that automatically grades this type of question. Multiple-choice tests are reliable, and the higher number of questions a test has, the more reliable it is. For example, in a 25-question test, a student has a 1-out-of-942,651 chance of scoring 70% by guessing alone. These advantages are severely undermined, however, if the questions aren’t well written.","PeriodicalId":53784,"journal":{"name":"Learning and Teaching in Higher Education-Gulf Perspectives","volume":"17 9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Learning and Teaching in Higher Education-Gulf Perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975087.00046","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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INTRODUCTION Multiple-choice questions are used commonly in online courses. They are versatile and efficient, and most course management systems provide a tool that automatically grades this type of question. Multiple-choice tests are reliable, and the higher number of questions a test has, the more reliable it is. For example, in a 25-question test, a student has a 1-out-of-942,651 chance of scoring 70% by guessing alone. These advantages are severely undermined, however, if the questions aren’t well written.
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