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Peer reviewedFitzgerald, James T.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
Implications of case specificity in two computer-based clinical-simulation examination cases were examined by a classical measurement approach and by a Bayesian analysis of test characteristics. Results from 163 medical students indicate that such examinations cannot be used in high-stakes situations without additional research. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Testing
