Research on Construction Validity of Examinations for Medical Subjects Using Factor Analysis
- VernacularTitle:用因子分析法研究医学生学业考核的结构效度
- Author:
Liqing XIAN
;
Shuzhen WANG
;
Zongjiang XIE
;
Yanxia ZHANG
;
Churong YAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical examination;
Factor analysis;
Construction validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2006;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
We selected scores for histology and embryology,physiology,biochemistry,pathobiology,pharmacology,paediatrics,and medicine of the first-year(2004),second-year(2003),third-year(2002)students at a medical school as subjects to analyze construction validity using factor analysis.The common factors were selected if their cumulative value above 60%.The result showed that variance percentage explained by each factor was lower,and that the three level structure formed by recall,comprehend and application would not be explained ideally by these scores.The author considered that the examination items should be improved and it was limited for factor analysis method to apply to analyze medical examination items.
