The relationship between performance in a dental school and performance on a clinical examination for licensure: A nine-year study

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1146-1153

  Ranney, Richard R ^a,b,c   Gunsolley, John C ^a   Miller, Lois S ^a   Wood, Morton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b American Dental Education Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; LICENSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RELIABILITY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4444333751     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0374     Document Type: Article

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