Understanding multiple choice analytics

Read the analytics for multiple choice questions to spot difficult items and misconceptions.

Last updated July 2026

What the analytics show

For multiple choice questions, Penciil summarizes how students answered — the distribution across options, difficulty, and how well each question discriminated between stronger and weaker performances.

Multiple choice analytics chart
Multiple choice analytics chart

Using the insights

  • Spot questions most students missed to review in class.
  • Identify common distractors that reveal misconceptions.
  • Check which questions best separated performance levels.

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