Comparison and Cross-validation of Simple and Multiple Logistic Regression Models to Predict USMLE Step 1 Performance

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-73

  Paolo, Anthony M ^a,b   Bonaminio, Giulia A ^a   Durham, Dianne ^a   Stites, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LICENSING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1442324480     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1601_14     Document Type: Article

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