Establishing passing standards for classroom achievement tests in medical education: A comparative study of four methods

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Downing, Steven M ^a   Lieska, Norman G ^b   Raible, Michele D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERROR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0141889929     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200310001-00027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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