Modeling Passing Rates on a Computer-Based Medical Licensing Examination: An Application of Survival Data Analysis

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 15-22

  de Champlain, André F ^a   Winward, Marcia L ^a   Dillon, Gerard F ^a   de Champlain, Judy E ^b  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^b Theradex   (United States)

Author keywords

CBT; Longitudinal performance modeling; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249157842     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2004.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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