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  • Cloze vs. multiple choice

    A pros and cons list for quiz authors. 

  • Misleading question statistics

    I threw this question into the 2014 Christmas quiz with no real expectation that anyone would get it. The (possibility of a) Technological Singularity is something every kid needs to grow up being aware of, so this was my contribution to building awareness. But look! 40% got it! That is double the guess rate, so…

  • Better question analysis for authors

    In the Quiz Edit page, we show a number of metrics for each question. Two are new; all deserve

  • Cloze question tutorial

    This morning we updated Question Creatr for cloze (gap-fill) questions. In addition to a general tidy-up, you will find the required response is now restricted to 10 characters. That may sound a little mean, but

  • Pair Match analysis tutorial

    Pair Match analysis tutorial

    Pair match questions can be used to test for understanding of sequence and relationship in quite subtle ways, but they serve you poorly if you do not know how to analyse the results. Below is an analysis of a pair match (AKA Drag and Drop) question from the Computing Baseline (High level). This is the author’s…