Threats to the validity of locally developed multiple-choice tests in medical education: Construct-irrelevant variance and construct underrepresentation

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-241

  Downing, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

construct irrelevant variance

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ERROR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REVIEW; TEACHING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RECALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036982323     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021112514626     Document Type: Review

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