Can item response theory help us improve our tests?

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-339

  Burton, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PSYCHOMETRY; THEORY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 1842784970     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2004.01830.x     Document Type: Note

References (3)

1. Downing SM. Item response theory: applications of modern test theory in medical education. Med Educ 2003;37:739-45.
2. Wright BD, Stone MH. Best Test Design. Chicago: MESA Press 1979.
3. MacDonald P, Paunonen SV. A Monte Carlo comparison of item and person statistics based on item response theory versus classical test theory. Educational Psychol Measurement 2002;62:921-43.