Gender plays no role in student ability to perform on computer-based examinations

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kies, Susan M ^a   Williams, Benjamin D ^a   Freund, Gregory G ^a  

^a MC 714 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; SCHOOL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEUROSCIENCE; PAPER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; NEUROSCIENCES; PAPER; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845479271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-57     Document Type: Article

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