Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard Setting

A number of standard setting methods are in use with their own strengths and limitations. Angoff is a popular method worldwide but very demanding on resources. This paper explores if the judgement of the Angoff panels of judges can been explained by post-hoc psychometrics. Furthermore the paper exam...

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Main Author: Reza Vahid Roudsari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 2016-09-01
Series:MedEdPublish
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Online Access:https://www.mededpublish.org/Manuscripts/555
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spelling doaj-9e3723ed722a4b30b867efc371a71df42020-11-25T00:49:58ZengAssociation for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)MedEdPublish2312-79962016-09-0152Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard SettingReza Vahid Roudsari0The University of ManchesterA number of standard setting methods are in use with their own strengths and limitations. Angoff is a popular method worldwide but very demanding on resources. This paper explores if the judgement of the Angoff panels of judges can been explained by post-hoc psychometrics. Furthermore the paper examines if such correlations can be used to standard set exam papers based on their psychometric item difficulty and discrimination index. https://www.mededpublish.org/Manuscripts/555standard settingprogress testingpsychometrics
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Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard Setting
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title Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard Setting
title_short Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard Setting
title_full Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard Setting
title_fullStr Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard Setting
title_full_unstemmed Food for Thought: A New Compromised Method of Standard Setting
title_sort food for thought: a new compromised method of standard setting
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publishDate 2016-09-01
description A number of standard setting methods are in use with their own strengths and limitations. Angoff is a popular method worldwide but very demanding on resources. This paper explores if the judgement of the Angoff panels of judges can been explained by post-hoc psychometrics. Furthermore the paper examines if such correlations can be used to standard set exam papers based on their psychometric item difficulty and discrimination index.
topic standard setting
progress testing
psychometrics
url https://www.mededpublish.org/Manuscripts/555
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