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Mitchell, Karen J.; Anderson, Judith A. – 1986
A pilot essay was included in the 1985 Spring and Fall administrations of the Medical College Admission Test. A sample of 320 of the essays written by Fall examinees who had expressed an interest in allopathic medicine was used to calculate interrater reliability estimates. Sixteen of 20 readers who had been trained by White's suggestions for…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Entrance Examinations, Essay Tests, Higher Education
Mitchell, Karen J.; Anderson, Judith A. – 1987
The Association of American Medical Colleges is conducting research to develop, implement, and evaluate a Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) essay testing program. Essay administration in the spring and fall of 1985 and 1986 suggested that additional research was needed on the development of topics which elicit similar skills and meet standard…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Essay Tests, Estimation (Mathematics), Generalizability Theory
