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Peer reviewedShea, Judy A.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1988
Item response theory's (IRT) suitability for medical examination data was examined, using data on 2,000 candidates who took the 1980 and 1982 American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examinations. Focus was on determining whether the tests met IRT assumptions and applying one-parameter and three-parameter IRT models to the data. (TJH)
Descriptors: Content Validity, Goodness of Fit, Graduate Medical Education, Guessing (Tests)
