Ensuring the quality of multiple-choice exams administered to small cohorts: A cautionary tale
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DOI: 10.1007/s40037-016-0322-0
Abstract: IntroductionMultiple-choice questions (MCQs) are a cornerstone of assessment in medical education. Monitoring item properties (difficulty and discrimination) are important means of investigating examination quality. However, most item property guidelines were developed for use on large cohorts… read more here.
Keywords: quality; small cohorts; item properties; choice ... See more keywords
Item properties and the convergent validity of personality assessment: A peer rating study☆
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.051
Abstract: Abstract The current research evaluated the impact of personality questionnaire item content saturation, item social desirability, and mean item responses on the overall convergent validity of three well-known personality measures. Archival data representing groups of… read more here.
Keywords: convergent validity; validity personality; item properties; personality ... See more keywords