Validity of Scoring "Dangerous Answers" on a Written Certification Examination.

Slogoff, Stephen; Hughes, Francis P.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Validity of Scoring "Dangerous Answers" on a Written Certification Examination.

Slogoff, Stephen; Hughes, Francis P.

Journal of Medical Education, v62 n8 p625-31 Aug 1987

A study of the use of "dangerous answers" as a scoring method for certification examinations in anesthesiology concluded that selection of dangerous answers in multiple-choice tests results from lack of information rather than purposeful action, and that implementation of the scoring method is unjustified and unfairly punitive. (MSE)

Descriptors: Anesthesiology, Certification, Higher Education, Malpractice, Measurement Techniques, Medical Education, Medical Services, Scoring, Test Items, Test Validity

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