Evaluation of the quality of multiple choice test bank for the module of Introduction to Anthropology by using the RASCH model and QUEST software

Abstract

The paper presents (1) a general view of the history of the development of objective multiple choice testing methods in accordance with the development of measurement science, and the evaluation process of the learners’ academic performance by this method; (2) the process of applying classic and modern test theories to analyze and evaluate the quality of multiple choice test bank for the module of Introduction to Anthropology by the RASCH model and QUEST software, which is implemented by the determination of difficulty degree of the questionnaires, the quality of the wrong opinions, the degree of difference among the test questions, the correlation factors between the test score and the whole score, the probability of each option being chosen, the measurement scale for the learners’ competence, the "threshold level" of the difficulty level for a multiple choice question, the calculation error, the reliability of the test, etc. and thereby (3) some solutions made towards the optimal application of the objective multiple choice tests at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.