How to Write Good Multiple Choice Questions†
Kenneth R. Cox,
Corresponding Author
Kenneth R. Cox
Director
Centre for Medical Education Research and Development, WHO Western Pacific Regional Teacher Training Centre for Health Personnel, The University of New South Wales
Address for reprints: Professor K. R. Cox, RTTC, The University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, N.S.W. 2033.
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Raja Bandaranayake
Lecturer
Centre for Medical Education Research and Development, WHO Western Pacific Regional Teacher Training Centre for Health Personnel, The University of New South Wales
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Kenneth R. Cox,
Corresponding Author
Kenneth R. Cox
Director
Centre for Medical Education Research and Development, WHO Western Pacific Regional Teacher Training Centre for Health Personnel, The University of New South Wales
Address for reprints: Professor K. R. Cox, RTTC, The University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, N.S.W. 2033.
Search for more papers by this author Raja Bandaranayake,
Raja Bandaranayake
Lecturer
Centre for Medical Education Research and Development, WHO Western Pacific Regional Teacher Training Centre for Health Personnel, The University of New South Wales
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First published: 01 December 1978
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Bibliography
- Cox, K. R., Ludbrook, J., McCarthy, W. H., and Dunstan, M., National comparisons in a trial examination in surgery, Brit, J. med. Educ., 1973, 7: 21, culls Australian observations to reveal inconsistencies of interpretation of questions.
- Cox, K. R., How did you guess? Or What do Multiple Choice Questions Measure? Med. J. Aust., 1976, 1: 384, exposes inconsistencies among examiners, and how risky it can be to assume how someone else thinks.
- Hubbard, J. P., Measuring Medical Education, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1971, reviews the test procedures of the National Board of Medical Examiners in the U.S.A.
