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Table 2 Results of the self-administered online questionnaire survey sent to the examinees at the end of the study (n = 184 responders)

From: Comparison of long-menu and single-best-answer multiple choice questions in computer-based summative assessments: a randomised controlled trial

 

n

Disagree

  

Agree

  

1

2

3

4

The long-menu format is more difficult than the other formats

182

2.2%

20.3%

40.4%

34.1%

My reasoning is different whenever I have to answer a long-menu format

184

2.7%

12.5%

49.5%

35.3%

The situation I am put in when I have to answer a long-menu format is closer to real life than when I have to answer a classic MCQ item

182

6.6%

15.9%

47.8%

29.7%

It is more difficult to answer a long-menu than an open free-text item

182

29.1%

36.3%

22.5%

12.1%