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ERIC Number: EJ812941
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-May
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1382-4996
Standard Setting in a Small Scale OSCE: A Comparison of the Modified Borderline-Group Method and the Borderline Regression Method
Wood, Timothy J.; Humphrey-Murto, Susan M.; Norman, Geoffrey R.
Advances in Health Sciences Education, v11 n2 p115-122 May 2006
When setting standards, administrators of small-scale OSCEs often face several challenges, including a lack of resources, a lack of available expertise in statistics, and difficulty in recruiting judges. The Modified Borderline-Group Method is a standard setting procedure that compensates for these challenges by using physician examiners and is easy to use making it a good choice for small scale OSCEs. Unfortunately, the use of this approach may introduce a new challenge. Because a small scale OSCE has a small number of examinees, there may be few examinees in the borderline range, which could introduce an unintentional bias. A standard setting method called The Borderline Regression Method will be described. This standard setting method is similar to the Modified Borderline-Group Method but incorporates a linear regression approach allowing the cut score to be set using the scores from all examinees and not from a subset. The current study uses confidence intervals to analyze the precision of cut scores derived from both approaches when applied to a small scale OSCE.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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