Item response theory test equating in health sciences education

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Guilera, Georgina ^a   Gómez, Juana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Education; Educational measurement; Health sciences education; Item response theory; Medical methods; Test equating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38349139550     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-006-9020-8     Document Type: Article

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