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Teaching reliability and validity: fun with classroom applications.

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In addition to the basic role of educating and facilitating learning, in recent years, staff development educators and continuing educators also have assumed a major role of facilitating research in many institutions. As more emphasis is placed on bedside research, stimulating staff interest has been a challenge. This article describes a fun way to help staff members acquire or refocus on skills and concepts essential to clinical research.

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R D Froman, S V Owen. Teaching reliability and validity: fun with classroom applications.. https://doi.org/10.3928/0022-0124-19910501-04

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