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. 2022 Winter;21(4):ar80. doi: 10.1187/cbe.22-05-0098

TABLE 5.

Student responses to open-ended prompt 1

“You responded that you [Likert response] with the following statement: [Item text]. In 1–2 sentences, please explain why you [Likert response] with the statement.”
Response type n a % of responses
Intended item interpretation 2182 86
Ambiguous response 173 7
Unintended item interpretation 61 2
Unrelated/random response 14 1
Answered “N/A” 30 1
Left blank 64 3

aNumbers exceed sample size, because each student completed this prompt twice.