Research Article
New Indices for Refining Multiple Choice Questions
Table 5
Results of the MCQs classified in categories.
| Index | Classification | Number of items | % over 500 MCQ |
| Difficulty (P) | Easy | 202 | 40.4% | Moderate | 262 | 52.4% | Difficult | 36 | 7.22% |
| Homogeneity (H) | Homogeneous | 355 | 71% | Nonhomogeneous | 145 | 29% |
| Discrimination (D) | High | 388 | 77.6% | Moderate | 51 | 10.2% | Low | 61 | 12.2% |
| No answer (G) | Without E and NA | 6 | 1% | Errors | 44 | 8.8% | Good | 406 | 81.2% | NA | 45 | 9% |
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