Rarely selected distractors in high stakes medical multiple-choice examinations and their recognition by item authors: a simulation and survey

BACKGROUND: Many medical exams use 5 options for multiple choice questions (MCQs), although the literature suggests that 3 options are optimal. Previous studies on this topic have often been based on non-medical examinations, so we sought to analyse rarely selected, 'non-functional' distra...

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Autores principales: Rogausch, Anja, Hofer, Rainer, Krebs, René
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21106066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-10-85

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21106066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-10-85

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