Curriculum Bias: A Study of a College-Certifying System for Students at Two Basic Medical Science Schools.

Essex, Diane L.; Sorlie, William E.

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Curriculum Bias: A Study of a College-Certifying System for Students at Two Basic Medical Science Schools.

Essex, Diane L.; Sorlie, William E.

Evaluation and the Health Professions, v5 n2 p229-38 Jun 1982

In discriminant analyses of student performance on medical science certifying examinations developed by the faculties at a parent campus and regional campus, curriculum bias in examination items was shown to exist. Test construction procedures and exchange and review by faculties were found inadequate to prevent curriculum dependence. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Medical Education, Off Campus Facilities, Test Bias, Test Construction, Test Validity, Testing Problems

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