Standard MCQ grading scheme

Detailed explanations of the grading scheme

More explanations at this link.

Our configuration recommendations

• Reward

  • For simplicity, we recommend a Proportional Reward .

  • But if you deal with critical material where it is crucial to get all the correct choices at the same time, go for All or nothing instead .

• Penalty

  • To prevent chance from statistically earning points, we recommend that the Penalty be Proportional to the Number of incorrect choices.

  • To be more lenient or more demanding, you can also choose None as the penalty or set a Fixed penalty.

Reward (points earned for correct choices checked)

Penalty (points removed for incorrect choices checked)

Penalty calculation basis

If Penalty = Cumulative — Defines how many points are removed per incorrect choice checked:

If Penalty = Absolute — Defines the fixed total of points awarded to the question as soon as an incorrect choice is checked:

Floor (minimum score)

Prevents the question’s total points from dropping below a value, whatever penalties are applied:

Selectable choices limit

When this option is enabled:

• The participant can only check exactly the number of correct choices expected

• This number is displayed in the instructions

If this option is enabled, “Select the X correct answers” will be displayed on each question.

In a grading scheme without penalties, we want to prevent participants from getting all the points by checking every choice, so this choice limit is enabled by default.