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Accuracy in Dental Medicine, A New Way to Measure Trueness and Precision
Published on: April 29, 2014
[Comparison of knowledge of subject content with the written text objectives in final year of dental course]
1Departement Gemeenskapstandheelkunde, Universiteit van Pretoria.
Abstract:
To ensure validity of student assessment, there should be a positive relationship between the profile of the study content, and the profile of the learning objectives to be tested. This study has indicated that, in the 8 subjects which were analyzed, this relationship varied from a weak positive (r = 0.13), to a strong positive (r = 0.914). It can also be concluded that, depending upon the nature of the subject, 50-70 per cent of questions on the memory level, would be acceptable in a written paper.
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