Leniency and halo effects in marking undergraduate short research projects

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  McKinstry, Brian H ^a   Cameron, Helen S ^a   Elton, Robert A ^c   Riley, Simon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 12244279095     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-4-28     Document Type: Review

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