Hettiaratchi E S
Med Educ. 1978 Jul;12(4):290-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1978.tb00353.x.
Two parallel tests in physiology, one in multiple choice answer form and one in short answer form, were administered consecutively to a group of 104 students. The construction of the questions in the two papers and marking schedules were such that if the form of examination did not influence the students' performance, the scores obtained in the two papers could be expected to be closely similar. The results indicate that the form of the question influences the students' performance significantly. The short answer format offers certain advantages over the multiple choice format and it would appear that greater use should be made of this type of question in testing at medical schools.
对104名学生连续进行了两项生理学平行测试，一项是多项选择题形式，另一项是简答题形式。两份试卷的问题设置和评分标准是，如果考试形式不影响学生的表现，那么预计两份试卷的得分会非常相似。结果表明，问题形式对学生的表现有显著影响。简答题形式比多项选择题形式具有某些优势，而且在医学院校的考试中似乎应该更多地使用这种类型的问题。
