this study aimed at investigating the reliability, predictive validity, and self-esteem and gender bias of confidence-based scoring. this is a method of scoring in which the test takers receive a positive or negative point based on their rating of their confidence in an answer. the participants, who were 49 english-major students taking their grammar course, were given 8 multiple-choice tests d...

Collaborative testing has been shown to improve performance but not always content retention. In this study, we investigated whether collaborative testing could improve both performance and content retention in a large, introductory biology course. Students were semirandomly divided into two groups based on their performances on exam 1. Each group contained equal numbers of students scoring in ...

background: the present study was performed to develop a scoring system for predicting cure status in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl). materials and methods: this study included 199 patients with cl from skin diseases and leishmaniasis research center (isfahan, iran). data were collected as longitudinal in each visit of patients. we applied ordinal logistic generalized estimating equ...

This study aimed at investigating the reliability, predictive validity, and self-esteem and gender bias of confidence-based scoring. This is a method of scoring in which the test takers receive a positive or negative point based on their rating of their confidence in an answer. The participants, who were 49 English-major students taking their grammar course, were given 8 multiple-choice tests d...

different software tools for quantification of myocardial perfusion spect (mps) studies are routinely used. several perfusion parameters can be computed automatically.  interpretation of the mps should start with visual inspection of the rotating planar images, visual analysis of reconstructed spect slices and then quantitative analysis to confirm the visual impression. quantification should be...

OBJECTIVE The focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) exam is a routine diagnostic adjunct in the initial assessment of blunt trauma victims but lacks the ability to reliably predict which patients require laparotomy. Physiologic data play a major role in decision making regarding the need for emergent laparotomy versus further diagnostic testing or observation. The need for laparo...

Objectives This study aimed to analyze the impact of United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 transition a pass/fail scoring system in 2022 on performance first-time test takers three distinct groups: Doctor Osteopathy (DO) and Medicine (MD) examinees from US/Canadian schools non-US/Canadian schools. The analysis spans decade-long period 2012 2022, offering insights into impli...