title: The multiple choice true/false question: what does it measure and what could it measure?
abstract: Multiple choice questions of the true/false type are widely used in medical education. Evidence is given which suggests that they only tap a low level of intellectual skill. By using them in a slightly different manner it is suggested that they could be ideal techniques for measuring concept mastery. Some of the consequences of this idea are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Education, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States