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Table 3 Relationship between Number of Functioning Distractors and Item Difficulty

From: An assessment of functioning and non-functioning distractors in multiple-choice questions: a descriptive analysis

 

None

One

Two

Three

r

Test A

.94

.77

.60

.60***

-.51***

Test B

.71

.54

.48

.67

.13

Test C

.88

.71

.60

.62***

-.44***

Test D

.93

.72

.66

.67**

-.46***

Test E

.78

.71

.59

.51*

-.43**

Test F

.77

.72

.63

.55

-.33**

Test G

.89

.70

.57

.62***

-.34***

  1. * p < .05
  2. ** p < .01
  3. *** p < .001
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