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Table 3 Pass marks using modified Angoff for the junior 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

0.35 (0.31-0.4)

0.53 (0.52-0.54)

0.52 (0.46-0.58)

P < 0.001

2

0.39 (0.33-0.45)

0.54 (0.53-0.56)

0.56 (0.51-0.61)

P < 0.001

3

0.32 (0.27-0.37)

0.48 (0.47-0.48)

0.47 (0.44-0.51)

P < 0.001

4

0.32 (0.27-0.37)

0.58 (0.49-0.66)

0.55 (0.46-0.64)

P < 0.001

5

0.38 (0.31-(0.46)

0.54 (0.53-0.54)

0.56 (0.51-0.6)

P < 0.001

6

0.38 (0.31-0.44)

0.5 (0.48-0.51)

0.51 (0.47-0.54)

P < 0.001

Total

0.36 (0.3-0.42)

0.53 (0.5-0.55)

0.53 (0.43-0.62)

P < 0.001

Total + 1SEM

0.39

0.56

0.56

P < 0.001

  1. A significant difference was seen for the modified Angoff and the BG/BLR methods for junior residents for all stations and overall (all p < 0.001)