Decreasing the options’ number in multiple choice questions in the assessment of senior medical students and its effect on exam psychometrics and distractors’ function

Table 4 Reliability of three options and five options categories

Category	Number of Items	Three Options	Five Options	P-Value
All	50	0.89	0.81	0.19
Application/Critical Thinking	29	0.84	0.80	0.59
Recall/Comprehension	21	0.70	0.35	0.07
Long Stem	29	0.82	0.80	0.80
Short Stem	21	0.75	0.27	0.01
Targeted Skill	35	0.86	0.82	0.54
General Disease Knowledge	15	0.53	0.17	0.19

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