Predictive efficacy of chiropractic college assessment test scores in basic science chiropractic education.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of Chiropractic College Assessment Test (CCAT) to explain academic success within a chiropractic basic science curriculum. METHODS: The CCAT examination was administered to 202 subjects from 1 chiropractic college on the first day of classes. Zero-order Pearson cor...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 175 - 179 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Mar/Apr2005
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