Assessing pharmacy student knowledge on multiple-choice examinations using partial-credit scoring of combined-response multiple-choice items

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Wongwiwatthananukit, Supakit ^a   Popovich, Nicholas G ^a   Bennett, Deborah E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039331099     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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