Grade predictions for school-leaving examinations: Do they predict anything?

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-297

  Richardson, P H ^a,c   Winder, B ^b   Briggs, K ^d   Tydeman, C ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Forecasting; Medical schools; Medical students, psychology; Medical undergraduate education; Regression analysis; School admission criteria

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION;

EID: 0031834739     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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