Detecting cheating in written medical examinations by statistical analysis of similarity of answers: Pilot study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7499, 2005, Pages 1064-1066

  McManus, I C ^a   Lissauer, Tom ^b   Williams, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PILOT STUDY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; RECUMBENCY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECEPTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 18444418278     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1064     Document Type: Article

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