The optimal number of choices in a multiple-choice test


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The optimal number of choices in a multiple-choice test

Some researchers contend that the key to multiple-choice tests is the quality of distractor items rather than their number. More recent evidence questions the standard use of four or five opti . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)

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