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Examination Bias

Examination Bias is a systematic error in the design, administration, or scoring of a certification examination that differentially affects the performance or outcomes of examinees based on irrelevant characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, or socioeconomic status, thereby compromising the validity and fairness of the assessment.

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Discrimination in Grading

Rema Hanna, Leigh Linden · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 2012 · 151 citations

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Inflation bias in self-assessment examinations: Implications for valid employee selection.

Cathy D. Anderson, Jack L. Warner, Cassie C. Spencer · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1984 · 119 citations

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Gender Bias in Examinations: how equal are the opportunities?

Gordon Stobart, Jannette Elwood, Michael Quinlan · British Educational Research Journal · 1992 · 83 citations

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Are Multiple-Choice Exams Easier for Economics Students? A Comparison of Multiple-Choice and "Equivalent" Constructed-Response Exam Questions

Nixon Chan, Peter Kennedy · Southern Economic Journal · 2002 · 82 citations

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The sights and insights of examiners in objective structured clinical examinations

Lauren S. H. Chong, Silas Taylor, Matthew Haywood et al. · Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions · 2017 · 69 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    I. C. McManus

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 145 citations

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    Peter Kennedy

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  3. AE
    Andrew Elder

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  4. NC
    Nixon Chan

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  5. LS
    Lauren S. H. Chong

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 109 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    135 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    96 citations

  3. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    109 citations

  4. Prince of Wales Hospital

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    109 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    142 citations

  6. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    436 citations

  7. National Board of Examinations

    New Delhi, India

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    365 citations

  8. California State University System

    Long Beach, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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  1. Southern Economic Journal

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  2. Medical Education

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  3. BMC Medical Education

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  4. Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions

    JEEHP · 2 publications · 109 citations

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  5. Nurse Educator

    2 publications · 36 citations

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