None, All of the above and None of the Above

Hi Inez,

(In your question you are talking about "none" as an alternative to All of the above/None of the above....er..unless it involves algebra, I can't see how this answer type could serve as a better alternative: )

Presuming this isn't a technical question, I'll quote an article I've recently read regarding multiple choice questions.

Avoid using the alternative ‘all the above’ and use ‘none of the above’ with caution.

• 'All of the above’ makes it possible to answer the question on the basis of partial information

      if there is only one correct answer, and a student notes that two alternatives are correct, ‘All the

      above’ must be the answer. Similarly, a student can detect ‘All the above’ as a wrong answer if

      he/she recognises another alternative as incorrect. 

• ‘None of the above’ — when used as the right answer in a correct answer type item — tends to measure nothing more than the ability to detect wrong answers (with no guarantee that a student knows a correct response to the question). \

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Guidelines for writing good multiple choice questions - click here.

Pdf with a in-depth analysis of these question types from a psychological perspective.

Kind Regards,

Rutwin