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FEM: Revista de la Fundación Educación Médica
On-line version ISSN 2014-9840Print version ISSN 2014-9832
Abstract
ALBANESE, Alfonso M et al. Comparison of results obtained in multiple choice exams with and without penalty for errors. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2019, vol.22, n.5, pp.235-237. Epub Feb 03, 2020. ISSN 2014-9840. https://dx.doi.org/10.33588/fem.225.1018.
Aim:
To compare the results obtained in multiple choice exams with and without penalty for errors.
Subjects and methods:
1059 students of anatomy were evaluated in exams by multiple choice of 180 questions in double sheets of simultaneous answers, one without and another with a penalty for erroneous answers.
Results and conclusion:
The comparison between the results of both sheets reveals the answers in conviction and in uncertainty-chance that the same evaluated recognizes in a sort of self-evaluation.
Keywords : Answers; Conviction; Evaluation; Multiple choice; Uncertainty-random.
