question.bank: Create a question bank from .Rmd exam item files.

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Create a question bank from .Rmd exam item files.

Description

Produces a data frame that can be used as first argument to make.paper().

Usage

question.bank(question_files, authors)

Arguments

question_files	character. Paths to Rmd files with items. Best to have one file per author if there are multiple authors of exam items. See mcq_example.Rmd.Rmd in package folder for the correct markdown.
authors	character. Requires one author per Rmd file.

Value

Function returns a data.frame with following columns:

• q_num Original item number in the Rmd file

• week Week of course/module the item pertains to

• diff Difficulty (Simple, Easy, Medium, Hard)

• author Author of the item

• stem Stem/lead-in

• opts Response options

• correct Correct answer

• group If item is a part of a group tht share a group stem, ID number identifying all items from the same group

• group_stem Stem shared by a group of items.

Week, and difficulty are extracted from the question tag, e.g. 02S for week 2, simple. See mcq_example.Rmd in package folder for the correct markdown.

Examples

question.bank("exam/and_qu_MV.Rmd", "MV")

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