How specific is case specificity?

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 618-623

  Norman, Geoffrey ^a   Bordage, Georges ^b   Page, Gordon ^c   Keane, David ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate; Educational measurement *methods standards; Ontario; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ONTARIO;

EID: 33748549330     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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