Korean J Med Educ. 2000; 12(2): 369-375.
Analyst for Windows(r), Program for Item Analysis Useful in Medical Education
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University and Institute of Medical Education, Chunchon200-702, Korea.
ABSTRACT
This is made for teachers of medical schools not only to mark examination papers but also to do an item analysis easily. Functions of the program are marking examination result in text file, input of the result of descriptive examination, providing the result of item analysis according to the classical test theory(mean, standard deviation, reliability coefficient, answer response distribution, difficulty index, discriminating index, estimated number of examinee who select wrong answer), adding, saving and printing the results, providing, saving and printing record sheet, adding the results of equal or more than two separate examinations, sorting the record sheet by examinee's identification number and by record, input windows for item, and automatic inclusion of the result of item analysis in the item window. Much number of teachers of the medical schools may be encouraged to use this program to promote the quality of the evaluation.
Keywords :
Medical education;Item analysis;Free program
