Hartigan-Rogers Jackie A, Redmond Sandra, Cobbett Shelley, Cifuentes Karlene, Honan Deena, Richard Elizabeth, Sheane Vanessa, VanTassell Tamara
School of Nursing, Dalhousie University School of Nursing, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Nursing Baccalaureate Program, Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh. 2019 Dec 17;16(1):ijnes-2019-0061. doi: 10.1515/ijnes-2019-0061.
There is nearly a century of educational research that has demonstrated that three option multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are as valid and reliable as four or five option, yet this format continues to be underutilized in educational institutions. This replication study was a quasi-experimental between groups research design conducted at three Canadian schools of nursing to examine the psychometric properties of three option MCQs when compared to the more traditional four option questions. Data analysis revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the item discrimination, difficulty or mean examination scores when MCQs were administered with three versus four option answer choices.
近一个世纪的教育研究表明，三选项多项选择题（MCQ）与四选项或五选项多项选择题一样有效且可靠，但这种题型在教育机构中仍未得到充分利用。这项重复研究是在加拿大三所护理学院进行的一项组间准实验研究设计，旨在检验与更传统的四选项问题相比，三选项多项选择题的心理测量特性。数据分析显示，当多项选择题采用三选项与四选项答案选项时，在项目区分度、难度或平均考试成绩方面没有统计学上的显著差异。
