Combining assessment scores - A variable feast

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-430

  Wilson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 46649109381     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802043843     Document Type: Article

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