Validity evidence for USMLE examination cut scores: Results of a large-scale survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Margolis, Melissa J ^a   Clauser, Brian E ^a   Winward, Marcia ^a   Dillon, Gerard F ^a  

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EID: 77958482258     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ed4028     Document Type: Article

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