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The admission interview: the validity question.

D E Killip·J L Fuller·P E Kerber
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This study reports on the validity of a structured, standardized admission interview for dentistry. An entire class of 86 fourth-year dental students at The University of Iowa was studied, and the relationships between information from the interview, faculty ratings, and numerous dental and predental academic data were compared. Many correlations were found to be significant, which permitted technical description of three aspects of validity: concurrent, content, and construct. Reliability of both the instrument and the interview method were shown to affect validity.

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AchievementDemographyEducation, PredentalEducational MeasurementFaculty, DentalHumansInterviews as TopicSchool Admission CriteriaStudents, DentalComparative StudyJournal Article

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D E Killip, J L Fuller, P E Kerber. 1979. The admission interview: the validity question.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/289678/

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