From test validity to construct validity... and back?

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 366-371

  Colliver, Jerry A ^a   Conlee, Melinda J ^a   Verhulst, Steven J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84858606666     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04194.x     Document Type: Review

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