Avoidance of Cues

Cues are inadvertently placed clues that help respondents answer selection questions.

To avoid such cues, you should try to:

• Formulate responses in a grammatically correct way so that they fit the stem.
• Use responses of the same length.
• Avoid verbal associations.
• Refrain from using absolute terms like "always," "all," or "exclusively."
• Avoid planting hints in other questions.
• Order the answers logically or alphabetically.
• Ensure the correct answer is not only placed in positions C and D.
• Make sure the correct answer does not have the most elements in common with the other answers.

Would you like to test your knowledge and skills in question construction and cues? Then check out our h5P quiz, which you will find in the next subsection.