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Using differential item functioning to evaluate potential bias in a high stakes postgraduate knowledge based assessment

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-018-1143-0

Published Online: 2018-04-03

Published Print: 2018-12

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Hope, David https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6623-2857
Adamson, Karen

McManus, I. C.

Chis, Liliana

Elder, Andrew
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Received: 19 April 2017

Accepted: 8 March 2018

First Online: 3 April 2018

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: Candidates routinely provided consent for anonymised analysis of examination results, and approval was granted by the MRCP(UK) Academic, Quality Management and Research Committee (AQMRC) for the work to be undertaken.

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