A predictive validity study of the Pharmacy College Admission Test

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Meagher, Donald G ^a   Lin, Anli ^a   Stellato, Christina P ^a  

^a Harcourt Assessment Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT); Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PHARMACY STUDENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATION, PHARMACY, GRADUATE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 33745074083     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj700353     Document Type: Article

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