Figure 1. Comparison between MCQs and SEQs’ difficulty and discrimination.
A total of 160 MCQs and 34 SEQs were analyzed. (a) There is no statistically significant difference in the difficulty of SEQs and MCQs. (b) The difference between the DF of SEQs and MCQs shows that SEQs have much higher discrimination with p < 0.0001 (as indicated by asterisks).
The data are presented as mean ± SEM
SEQ, short essay question; MCQ, multiple choice question; SEM, standard error of mean
