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The optimal number of options for multiple-choice questions on high-stakes tests: application of a revised index for detecting nonfunctional distractors

Mark R. Raymond, Craig Stevens, S. Deniz Bucak

Advances in Health Sciences Education · 2018 · 57 citations · 19 references

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Three Options Are Optimal for Multiple‐Choice Items: A Meta‐Analysis of 80 Years of Research

Michael C. Rodriguez · Educational Measurement Issues and Practice · 2005 · 354 citations

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An assessment of functioning and non-functioning distractors in multiple-choice questions: a descriptive analysis

Marie Tarrant, James S. Ware, Ahmed Mohammed · BMC Medical Education · 2009 · 237 citations · Full text

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The Quality of In-house Medical School Examinations

Ralph F. Józefowicz, Bruce M. Koeppen, Susan M. Case et al. · Academic Medicine · 2002 · 163 citations

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On the optimal number of alternatives at a choice point

Amos Tversky · Journal of Mathematical Psychology · 1964 · 95 citations · Full text

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THE NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES FOR OPTIMUM TEST RELIABILITY

Jonathan Grier · Journal of Educational Measurement · 1975 · 68 citations

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