Multiple attempts on a nursing admissions examination: Effects on the total score

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 493-501

  Wolkowitz, Amanda A ^a  

^a Assessment Technologies Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

APTITUDE TESTS; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052506975     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20110517-07     Document Type: Article

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