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. 2015 Nov 23;21:571–585. doi: 10.1007/s10459-015-9652-7

Table 2.

Number of functional distractors per item

Number of functional distractors per question Y03 Y04 Y05 Overall
Zero 18 (12.9 %) 39 (19.5 %) 11 (7.9 %) 68 (14.2 %)
One 35 (25.0 %) 59 (29.5 %) 33 (23.6 %) 127 (26.5 %)
Two 43 (30.7 %) 61 (30.5 %) 55 (39.3 % 159 (33.1 %)
Three 32 (22.9 %) 30 (15.0 %) 30 (21.4 %) 92 (19.2 %)
Four 12 (8.6 %) 11 (5.5 %) 11 (7.9 %) 34 (7.1 %)
Average 1.89 1.58 1.98 1.82