Conditional reliability of admissions interview ratings: Extreme ratings are the most informative

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-38

  Brent Stansfield, R ^a   Kreiter, Clarence D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education, medical, undergraduate *standards; Interviews *standards; Observer variation; School admission criteria *standards; Schools, medical; Validation studies publication type

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERVIEW; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; INTERVIEWS; IOWA; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33845730328     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02634.x     Document Type: Article

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