Analysis of MCQ and distractor use in a large first year Health Faculty Foundation Program: assessing the effects of changing from five to four options

Table 1 Demographic data of students

	Chem A		Chem B		A&P A		A&P B
	1st offering	2nd offering	1st offering	2nd offering	1st offering	2nd offering	1st offering	2nd offering
Number of students	741	767	512	551	736	770	581	614
% Female	53	52	54	52	53	53	54	55
Ave age (start of year)	20.1	19.6	19.4	19.9	19.7	19.3	19.5	19.9
% age 20+	27	25	25	28	25	23	25	27
% ESL^a	22	22	21	24	23	22	21	26
Avg OP^b	7.82	7.75	6.86	7.08	7.86	7.81	7.11	6.92
% SES^c (High/Med/Low)	15/65/11	14/63/14	15/59/11	16/65/11	15/66/11	13/65/13	14/60/12	17/64/11
% ATSI^d	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2

^aEnglish as a Second Language
^bOP is school leaver qualification (scale of 1 to 25, with 1 being the highest achievement)
^cSocioeconomic status; may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or unavailable data
^dStudents self-identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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