Relative or Absolute Standards in Assessing Medical Knowledge Using Progress Tests

1 January 1998

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Advances in Health Sciences Education

Vol. 3 (2) , 81-87
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1009728423412

Abstract

Norm-referenced pass/fail decisions are quite common in achievement testing in health sciences education. The use of relative standards has the advantage of correcting for variations in...

Keywords

DIFFICULTY
PASS
FAIL
PROGRESS TEST
ABSOLUTE STANDARD
RELATIVE STANDARD
PASS
DIFFICULTY
STANDARD WAS USED

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