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Table 4 Number of failures established by each standard setting method, for each station and overall

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

 

Modified Angoff method

Borderline groups method

Borderline regression method

Station

Junior (n = 21)

Senior (n = 18)

Fellow (n = 6)

Junior (n = 21)

Senior (n = 18)

Fellow (n = 6)

Junior (n = 21)

Senior (n = 18)

Fellow (n = 6)

1

1

1

1

4

0

0

4

0

0

2

0

2

1

6

1

1

6

1

1

3

0

2

1

11

2

0

11

2

0

4

1

0

0

9

0

0

9

0

0

5

2

1

0

8

0

0

7

0

0

6

4

2

4

11

1

4

10

0

3

Overall

1

0

0

6

0

0

6

0

0

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