Dimensionality and predictive validity of the HAM-Nat, a test of natural sciences for medical school admission

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hissbach, Johanna C ^a   Klusmann, Dietrich ^a   Hampe, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NATURAL SCIENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053949460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-83     Document Type: Article

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