Domain-referenced test items for objectives in clinical dietetics were administered to a national sample of students. Loevinger's index of item response homogeneity was used as an indicator of substantive construct validity. Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. (Author/JAC)

The method of paired comparisons was used to rank 42 dental students on their performance in emergency and screening clinic rotations. Results suggest this methodology may provide more internally consistent student assessments on more subtle aspects of clinical performance than those assessed by multiple-choice tests or written performance…

Various combinations of nonlinear transformations were applied to responses to a clinical performance evaluation instrument that uses a four-point behaviorally anchored scale. The factorial structure of the 15 items constituting the evaluation form was minimally affected by the transformations, suggesting that parametric statistics can be applied…

Use of outpatient consultation letters in assessing the clinical performance of medical students, interns, and residents in a teaching hospital was examined via analysis of 222 assessments. The method involved a two-stage rating scale based on performance areas of data base, problem formulation, diagnostic tests, management, and overall…

The proposed theory provides a basis for both measuring and correcting rater stringency error in some grossly incomplete rating data matrices. The theoretical model fits ratings made by faculty and resident physicians of student clinical performance in each of three junior year medical student cohorts better than alternative models. (Author)