Evidence of gender bias in True-False-Abstain medical examinations

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is evidence that males and females differ in their attainment on a variety of assessments in general and in medical education. It has been suggested that the True-False-Abstain (TFA) format with negative marking is biased again...

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Main Authors: Kelly Shona, Dennick Reg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/9/32