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On tests, for multiple response questions, remove the restriction "At least one alternative must be incorrect."

When designing a Test and adding a "Multiple response" question, I would like to ask a question in which all the responses are correct.

For example, which of these is not a mammal?
- Bird
- Snake
- Fish

However, when I try to do that, It's Learning responds, "At least one alternative must be incorrect." This seems like an unnecessary restriction.

Please allow "Multiple response" questions in which all the alternatives are correct answers.

The Helpdesk suggested, "inserting a response: "All of the above" and marking all of the other answers within the question as invalid?" However, this suggestion breaks the grading feature. For example,...

Suppose the question is, “Which of these is not a mammal?” and the options are as you suggest.

  • Bird
  • Snake
  • Fish
  • All of the above

If someone selects Bird and Snake, leaving Fish and All of the above unselected, they should get 66% credit. Conceptually, they got 2 out of 3 correct. However, It’s Learning will only give them 25% credit. It’s Learning only gives them a 25%
credit because Bird and Snake are setup as incorrect answers.

 

It is my opinion that requiring one of the multiple response answers to be incorrect is an unnecessary and confusing requirement.

  • Wallace Kelly
  • Aug 31 2016
Country US
Category Grading and assessment
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  • Horacio Saravia commented
    October 24, 2019 14:48

    Hi, which free statistical software can be used for analizing multiple response questions?

    Thnaks in advance!

  • Guest commented
    June 11, 2018 13:41

    Hi, I'd like to add to this and say the multiple-response question type is unusable in many cases. Try this: You got a question with 3 points max and 6 options, 3 of which are correct.

    • What happens if you pick the option where wrong answers do NOT lead to a point deduction: A student picks 2 out of 3 right answers (Why: Because selecting one wrong answer would lead to zero points under the option chosen). Now, itslearning computes the points awarded for every correct answer by dividing the max points by the number of answers (even the wrong ones). In our example 2 out of 3 right answers would yield a total of 1 point but 3 out of 3 correct answers yield the max of 3!!!!!! This equates with overrating the weight of the third (missing) right answer by a factor of 4 (0,5 compared to 2). Why??????
    • What happens if you pick the option according to which points are deducted for wrong answers? Same example as above. A student picks the 3 wrong options. This means getting 0 points on this question and carrying over 3 negative points for the next question which is pretty mean in my opinion.

    Conclusion: Regardless of the option I choose, the question type multiple response cannot be used without pangs of remorse. Why?????

    Best