The Analysis of Multiple Choice Items in Final Exam of Preparatory Students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the multiple choice final exams administered to the 210 non-compulsory preparatory school students. The study aims to analyze the exams in terms of three characteristics: item facility, item discrimination and distractor efficiency. The study had quantitative research design and the data were analyzed through Paired Samples T-Test and frequency analysis. The results of the study revealed that most items in final exams had moderate difficulty levels for the students. However, almost all items in the exams had low discrimination indices and some items had negative discrimination values. Furthermore, the results show that one third of the items in the exams had at least one non-functional distractor. At the end of the study, some guidelines were presented for teachers and test developers to make the items more functional.