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Table 2 Pass marks using modified Angoff for the senior residents, Borderline Groups (BG) and Borderline Regression (BLR) method

From: How to set the bar in competency-based medical education: standard setting after an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Station

Modified Angoff method (95 % CI)

Borderline groups method (95 % CI)

Borderline regression method (95 % CI)

Significance

1

0.6 (0.54-0.66)

0.53 (0.52-0.54)

0.52 (0.46-0.58)

n.s.

2

0.6 (0.52-0.68)

0.54 (0.53-0.56)

0.56 (0.51-0.61)

n.s.

3

0.51 (0.43-0.59)

0.48 (0.47-0.48)

0.47 (0.44-0.51)

n.s.

4

0.55 (0.46-0.65)

0.58 (0.49-0.66)

0.55 (0.46-0.64)

n.s.

5

0.61 (0.52-0.7)

0.54 (0.53-0.54)

0.56 (0.51-0.6)

n.s.

6

0.55 (0.46-0.64)

0.5 (0.48-0.51)

0.51 (0.47-0.54)

n.s.

Total

0.57 (0.49)-(0.65)

0.53 (0.5-0.55)

0.53 (0.43-0.62)

n.s.

Total + 1SEM

0.60

0.56

0.56

n.s.

  1. No significant difference was seen on any station between the modified Angoff method and the BG/BLR methods for senior residents. n.s. non significant