PSY 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Multiple Choice, Palliative Care, Brake Fluid

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3307
• Professor: Elizabeth Kristjansson

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A full service testing provider of customized online and paper and pencil examinations. The probability of guessing is the single most important consideration when writing multiple choice questions. 1 in 4, and that"s if you write a good item! Definition: a multiple choice question (mcq) is a question in which students are asked to select one alternative from a given list of alternatives in response to a question stem. Write item that if someone knows, they should get it write (isn"t tricky) Easier to guess because often someone writes an answer that just isn"t plausible. For a multiple-choice item with four possible responses: 3 bad distractors = a 100% chance of an uninformed candidate guessing the correct answer. Distractors = supposed to be sort of plausible. The greater the ability of the uninformed candidate to guess correctly, the less valid and reliable the examination is.