Abstract:Purpose
Test equating studies in medical education have been conducted only for high-stake exams or to compare two tests given in a single course. Based on item response theory, we equated computer-based test (CBT) results from the basic medical education curriculum at the College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea and evaluated the validity of using fixed passing scores.
Methods
We collected 232 CBTs (28,636 items) for 40 courses administered over a study pe… Show more
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