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PDF pending restorationNeustel, Sandra – 2001
As a continuing part of its validity studies, the Association of American Medical Colleges commissioned a study of the speediness of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). If speed is a hidden part of the test, it is a threat to its construct validity. As a general rule, the criterion used to indicate lack of speediness is that 80% of the…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Medical 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
