ChatGPT-generated SBMCQs skewed easier than faculty-generated SBMCQs, whose difficulty was predominantly in the appropriate range¶
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Design limits · Chauhan 2025: the intervention came bundled with another change (read from the study by two models, 2026-10-27)
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q3 i? Most ChatGPT-generated questions (18 of 40) fell in the 'easy' category (difficulty index >70%), while 20 of 40 faculty questions were 'appropriate' (30–70%). → Chauhan 2025
Evidence¶
Chauhan 2025¶
Chauhan, A., Khaliq, F., & Nayak, K. R. (2025). Assessing Quality of Scenario-Based Multiple-Choice Questions in Physiology: Faculty-Generated vs. ChatGPT-Generated Questions among Phase I Medical Students. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 35, 2315–2344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-025-00471-z
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Difficulty-index classification of the 40 ChatGPT items in the crossover item-analysis study; the article separately reports 20 of 40 faculty questions deemed 'appropriate' in difficulty. Category counts are descriptive; no effect size or test is printed.
"Most of the ChatGPT-generated questions were categorized as 'easy' [18], followed by those 'appropriate' [13], while a smaller subset fell into the 'difficult' category [9]."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Faculty focus groups raised concerns about authenticity, validity, and reliability of ChatGPT-generated SBMCQs, including cultural and linguistic bias — related
- Faculty-generated SBMCQs met all three ideal item-analysis criteria more often than ChatGPT-generated SBMCQs (19 vs. 9 of 40) — related
- Faculty-generated SBMCQs showed superior discrimination indices and distractor effectiveness compared with ChatGPT-generated SBMCQs — related
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ChatGPT-generated SBMCQs skewed easier than faculty-generated SBMCQs, whose difficulty was predominantly in the appropriate range |
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ChatGPT-generated SBMCQs skewed easier than faculty-generated SBMCQs, whose difficulty was predominantly in the appropriate range |
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