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Table 4 Mean scores and discrimination indices of the experimental tests

From: The number of options in multiple choice items in language tests: does it make any difference? Evidence from Thailand

  

3-option test

4-option test

5-option test

Mean score

Structure (/31)

16.19

14.40

13.98

 

Reading (/8)

4.19

3.85

3.51

 

Overall (/39)

20.38

18.25

17.49

SD of mean scores

Structure

6.57

7.12

6.89

 

Reading

1.77

1.51

1.62

 

Overall

7.87

7.94

7.97

Mean

Structure

   

Discrimination

Rpbis

0.45

0.48

0.54

Coefficients

DI

0.53

0.56

0.47

 

Reading

   
 

Rpbis

0.47

0.43

0.47

 

DI

0.54

0.45

0.42