Table 5 Frequency table for the non-expert (n = 20) process scores, across two formats and four clinical presentations

Question Format

Process score

Liver enzymes

Nausea and vomiting

Diarrhea

Dysphagia

Total

Multiple-choice

1: Hypothetico-deductive

6

12

13

6

37

2: Scheme-inductive

10

2

6

10

28

3: Pattern recognition

4

6

1

4

15

Total

20

20

20

20

80

Extended-matching

1: Hypothetico-deductive

8

4

14

6

32

2: Scheme inductive

8

1

4

13

26

3: Pattern recognition

4

15

2

1

22

Total

20

20

20

20

80