The effects of testing in shifts on a clinical in-course computerized exam.
Problem Testing a large medical class over two days with a single-form computer-based test has generated questions related to test security and the influence of unequal test preparation times afforded by the testing method. Methods An analysis of variance (anova) design was used to compare the score...
| Publicado en: | Medical Education Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 202 - 205 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2003
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