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Table 1 Stability of OSCE Stations for Two Years on Item Response Calibrated Discrimination and Difficulty for a 2-Parameter Logistic Model

From: Temporal stability of objective structured clinical exams: a longitudinal study employing item response theory

OSCE Station

Mean Discrimination and Difficulty Time 1

Mean Discrimination and Difficulty Time 2

Grand Mean Discrimination and Difficulty (T1 and T2)

Number Items

Disc

Diff††

Disc

Diff

Disc

SE

Diff

SE

 

Station A

.61

-.95

.56

−1.18

.59

.013

−1.01

.229

21

Post-Cardiac Event Counseling

         

Station B

.62

−2.26

.60

−2.00

.61

.015

−2.11

.159

14

Life Change (Menopause)

         

Station C

.58

-.15

.62

-.51

.60

.019

-.33

.235

24

Stomach Pain

         

Station D

.70

-.33

.74

-.60

.72

.010

−47

.195

30

Fatigue / Depression

         

Station E

.63*

-.23

.57*

-.40

.60

.011

-.32

.267

24

Hand Injury

         

Station F

.57

-.56

.57

-.80

.57

.012

-.68

.266

27

Urinary Infection

         
  1. Discrimination, ††Difficulty, *p < .05; SE = Standard Error.