Issues in the interpretation and reporting of surveys in dental education

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-302

  Chambers, David W ^a,c   Licari, Frank W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Competency based education; Precision; Standard error; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENDODONTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ACCREDITATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DATA DISPLAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDODONTICS; FACULTY, DENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PUBLISHING; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; TEACHING;

EID: 62549158625     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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