Predictors of success in undergraduate human physiology

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 6 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  McCleary, Vikki L ^a   Aasen, Gayle ^a   Slotnick, Henry B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allied health; Logistic regression; Predictors of success; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0033255441     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advances.1999.277.6.s119     Document Type: Article

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