Post-examination analysis of objective tests

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-458

  Tavakol, Mohsen ^a   Dennick, Reg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79957610284     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.564682     Document Type: Article

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