Research Article

New Indices for Refining Multiple Choice Questions

Table 5

Results of the MCQs classified in categories.

IndexClassificationNumber of items% over 500 MCQ

Difficulty
(P)
Easy20240.4%
Moderate26252.4%
Difficult367.22%

Homogeneity
(H)
Homogeneous35571%
Nonhomogeneous14529%

Discrimination
(D)
High38877.6%
Moderate5110.2%
Low6112.2%

No answer
(G)
Without E and NA61%
Errors448.8%
Good40681.2%
NA459%