Same admissions tools, different outcomes: A critical perspective on predictive validity in three undergraduate medical schools

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Edwards, Daniel ^a   Friedman, Tim ^b   Pearce, Jacob ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Admissions policy; Predictive validity; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84890986699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-173     Document Type: Article

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