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Abstract This study compared the criterion-related validity evidence and other psycho- metric characteristics of multiple-choice (MCQ) and multiple true-false (MTF) items in medical specialty certifying examinations in internal medicine and its subspecialties. Results showed that MTF items were more reliable than MCQs and that the format scores were highly correlated. However, MCQs were more highly correlated with an independent performance measure than were MTF items. MTF items were classified primarily as measuring knowledge rather than synthesis or judgment. These results may have implications for examination construction, especially if criterion-related validity evidence is important.
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