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Table 2 Cognitive dispositions to respond counts

From: A mixed-methods exploration of cognitive dispositions to respond and clinical reasoning errors with multiple choice questions

Cognitive Disposition to Respond (CDR)

Answer Choice

Incorrect

(n = 64; 30.5%)

Correct

(n = 146; 69.5%)

Cognitive Biases (n = 124; 59%)

55 (85.9%)*

69 (47.3%)**

 Anchoring Bias (n = 22; 10.5%)

12 (18.75%)*

10 (6.8%)**

 Availability & Non-Availability Bias (n = 50; 23.8%)

24 (37.5%)*

26 (17.8%)**

 Gambler’s Fallacy (n = 6; 2.9%)

2 (3.1%)*

4 (2.7%)**

 Playing the Odds (n = 10; 4.8%)

5 (7.8%)*

5 (3.4%)**

 Premature Closure (n = 20; 9.5%)

5 (7.8%)*

15 (10.3%)**

 Commission Bias (n = 10; 4.8%)

7 (10.9%)*

3 (2%)**

 Omission Bias (n = 17; 8.1%)

16 (25%)*

1 (0.7%)**

 Representativeness Restraint (n = 54; 25.7%)

17 (26.6%)*

37 (25.3%)**

Flaws in Conceptual Understanding (n = 128; 61%)

60 (93.75%)*

68 (46.6%)**

 Perceptual Flaws (n = 21; 10%)

4 (6.25%)*

17 (11.6%)**

 Inappropriate Rule Application (n = 32; 15.2%)

17 (26.6%)*

15 (10.3%)**

 Incomplete Conceptual Knowledge Structure (n = 115; 54.8%)

54 (84.4%)*

61 (41.8%)**

Other Vulnerabilities (n = 60; 28.6%)

30 (46.9%)*

30 (20.5%)**

 Emotional Reaction (n = 38; 18.1%)

14 (21.9%)*

24 (16.4%)**

 Marked Uncertainty (n = 34; 16.2%)

23 (35.9%)*

11 (7.5%)**

  1. NOTE: Percentage of total items completed (N = 210), unless otherwise noted
  2. *Percentage out of items answered incorrectly (n = 64)
  3. **Percentage out of items answered correctly (n = 146)