The validity of subscores for a credentialing test

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-368

  Haladyna, Thomas M ^a   Kramer, Gene A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Credentialing testing; Test design; Test scoring; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXAMINATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PLANNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LICENSURE, DENTAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8144222455     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278704270010     Document Type: Article

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