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Table 1 Item analysis for junior and senior students

From: Validation of the 5-item doctor-patient communication competency instrument for medical students (DPCC-MS) using two years of assessment data

Students

Item

Discrimination

Mean

Std

Min.

Max.

Junior

1

.39

3.56

.50

2.00

4.00

 

2

.61

3.19

.40

3.00

4.00

 

3

.53

3.27

.45

2.00

4.00

 

4

.54

3.15

.36

3.00

4.00

 

5

.58

3.19

.39

2.00

4.00

Senior

1

.53

3.34

.47

2.00

4.00

 

2

.68

3.13

.34

2.00

4.00

 

3

.68

3.16

.37

2.00

4.00

 

4

.62

3.14

.35

3.00

4.00

 

5

.67

3.14

.35

3.00

4.00

  1. Std standard deviation, Min minimum, Max maximum