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Title |
An assessment of functioning and non-functioning distractors in multiple-choice questions: a descriptive analysis
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Published in |
BMC Medical Education, July 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-9-40 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Marie Tarrant, James Ware, Ahmed M Mohammed |
Abstract |
Four- or five-option multiple choice questions (MCQs) are the standard in health-science disciplines, both on certification-level examinations and on in-house developed tests. Previous research has shown, however, that few MCQs have three or four functioning distractors. The purpose of this study was to investigate non-functioning distractors in teacher-developed tests in one nursing program in an English-language university in Hong Kong. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 50% |
Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Scientists | 2 | 50% |
Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 241 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 1% |
Canada | 2 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 231 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 41 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 9% |
Lecturer | 19 | 8% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 18 | 7% |
Researcher | 17 | 7% |
Other | 70 | 29% |
Unknown | 54 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 65 | 27% |
Social Sciences | 31 | 13% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 6% |
Psychology | 14 | 6% |
Linguistics | 8 | 3% |
Other | 49 | 20% |
Unknown | 59 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2014.
All research outputs
#7,349,720
of 22,774,233 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#1,308
of 3,308 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#36,956
of 109,851 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#6
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,774,233 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,308 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 12 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 50% of its contemporaries.