Assess the following test item using the criteria for preparing multiple-choice items. Then rewrite the item to make it more effective. (The correct answer is c.)
Which of the following is not a characteristic of culture?
a. The kind of music people in a country listen to
b. The games people in the country watch and play
c. The country's population
d. The things people in the country think are important
The following are problems with the item. First, negative wording is used in the stem without being emphasized. Second, the correct answer is choice c, which is not a problem if choice c is not overused, and third, the correct answer is shorter than the others.
An example of a more effective item might be:
Which of the following is not a characteristic of culture?
a. The music the people in the country listen to
b. The games people in the country watch and play
c. The type of things people in the country think are important
d. The number of people there are in the country
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