Psychometric characteristics and response times for content-parallel extended-matching and one-best-answer items in relation to number of options

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Swanson, David B ^a   Holtzman, Kathleen Z ^a   Allbee, Krista ^a   Clauser, Brian E ^a  

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ARTICLE; LICENSING; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049175365     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.acm.0000236518.87708.9d     Document Type: Article

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