Rating Scale Measures in Multiple-Choice Exams: Pilot Studies in Pharmacology
Table 3
Summary of performance in the 2012 regular exams and additional questions. The values given (except N and the correlations) are the respective percentage of the maximum possible value.
N
Min
Max
Mean
SD
Pass rate
r with combined exam
r with final exam
Midterm exam
245
50.0
93.3
78.9
8.5
97.6
0.774
0.402
Final exam
245
16.7
96.7
70.5
11.9
86.9
0.891
1
Combined exam
245
35.0
91.7
74.7
8.6
95.9
1
0.891
Additional questions
SC group
129
0
100
68.3
21.2
78.3
0.359
0.308
R5 group (alternatives)
59
0
98.0
64.0
23.0
50.8
0.365
0.417
R5 group (questions)
59
0
90.0
34.1
23.5
74.6
0.253
0.335
Significance with with respective N in each row; significance with with respective N in each row.
