Counting apples with oranges: A limitation of the discrimination index

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-196

  Hobsley, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Education measurement; Education measurement methods; Education of medical undergraduates; Foreign medical graduates, sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GYNECOLOGY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OBSTETRICS; RELIABILITY; SURGERY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033004353     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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