Concepedia

Predictive Validity of Two Medical Specialty Preference Inventories

Mark L. Savickas, Joan Brizzi, Lori A. Brisbin, Lura L. Pethtel

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development · 1988 · 14 citations · 11 references

Concepts

EducationEducational MeasurementMedical EducationScale DevelopmentPatient PreferencesPreference ModelingStated Preference MethodsPatient Preference MeasurementPhysician Specialty ChoicePredictive Validity

Abstract

Practitioner-based scales containing items related to medical practice more accurately predicted students' medical specially choice than did student-based scales containing generic interest items.

References

11

The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data

J. Richard Landis, Gary G. Koch · Biometrics · 1977 · 78.9K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Categorical Data Analysis +12

A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales

Jacob Cohen · Educational and Psychological Measurement · 1960 · 41.3K citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Measurement +8

Psychological Monographs

Lawrence T. Post · American Journal of Ophthalmology · 1937 · 2.1K citations

Health Care Management Review

Health Care Management Review · 1989 · 406 citations

Management, Health Care Management, Health Management +2

Counseling Psychology: Career Interventions, Research, and Theory

John L. Holland, THOMAS M. MAGOON, Arnold R. Spokane · Annual Review of Psychology · 1981 · 164 citations

Education, Counseling, Psychology +11