Testing for Predictive Validity in Health Care Education Research: A Critical Review.

Renger, Ralph; Meadows, Lynn M.

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ERIC Number: EJ488226

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Testing for Predictive Validity in Health Care Education Research: A Critical Review.

Renger, Ralph; Meadows, Lynn M.

Academic Medicine, v69 n8 p685-87 Aug 1994

A review of 47 health care education research articles in 9 medical and health care disciplines looked for evidence that the studies attempted to predict success in the health care professions. Results indicated very few of the studies used any of the three major methods for testing predictive validity. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Medical Education, Predictive Validity, Professional Education, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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