AN ITEM ANALYSIS FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONNAIRE

Dr R KRanyal VSM; Dr Sameer Mehrotra; Dr Punit Yadav; Dr Sunil Basukala

Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

AN ITEM ANALYSIS FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONNAIRE

Dr R Kranyal Vsm, Dr Sameer Mehrotra, Dr Punit Yadav, Dr Sunil Basukala

Abstract :

Background: Item analysis is the validation of a MCQs after it has appeared in a question paper. This post validation is done by analyzing the student�s answer to each item. When formalized, the procedure is called item analysis. Aim & objectives: To study MCQs of subject Hospital Administration among Post graduate doctors and carry out item analysis and to review MCQ�s and suggest improvements for defective items and also to list the uses of item analysis. Study design and methods: Cross–sectional questionnaire based study carried out among 300 post graduate doctors in a period of one year. Results: Analysis of data was done on 3 factors i.e. difficulty indexfound to be 50 %, discrimination of the question to be 0.4 and the distractor effectiveness to be 10%. Conclusion: Result of the study concluded that item analysis can be used for the evaluation of the MCQs indicating the strength of questionnaire through difficulty level