From: Use of key feature questions in summative assessment of veterinary medicine students
Valuation parameters | Internal medicine | Surgery | Reproductive medicine | Dairy science |
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Number of participating students | 225 | 242 | 241 | 244 |
Number of KFs in the exam | 4 of 60 questions | 4 of 60 questions | 3 of 60 questions | 2 of 60 questions |
Average difficulty index of the overall exam | 75.76% | 73.4% | 70.54% | 77.36% |
Average selectivity of the overall exam | 0.29 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.29 |
Cronbach’s α of the overall exam (including KFs) | 0.802 | 0.671 | 0.776 | 0.755 |
Cronbach’s α of the overall exam (excluding KFs) | 0.717 | 0.599 | 0.761 | 0.723 |
Pass grades | 96% | 96.69% | 85.84% | 99.59% |
KFs correctly answered (average) | 87.125% | 75.65% | 68.87% | 83.85% |