Alternative approaches to concept mapping and implications for medical education: Commentary on reliability, validity and future research directions

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-256

  Schmidt, Hilary J ^a  

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^b United States

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MAPS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 4444252134     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000038309.92212.44     Document Type: Article

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