Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 3-4/1996
Communication - Learning Media - Evaluation
Pages 156 - 166, paper in german.
Lambert W.T. Schuwirth (Maastricht, Netherlands) and Richard März (Vienna, Austria)
Reliablility and Validity of the Final Examination in Medical Chemistry (Partrigorosum Medizinische Chemie) at the University of Vienna Medical School
Summary
The first part of the final is a written examination composed of 20 mostly open-ended questions. The reliability, validity, and influence on student learning behaviour was explored by analysing 922 exam papers graded by 6 examiners. The overall reliability was high (Cronbachs alpha >0.80), and content validity and face validity were ensured. In the Case of one examiner a possible influence of examiner on test scores was detected. Consecutive retakes of the exam by students who had failed lead to a highly significant improvement between the first and the second attempt but further repeats lead to no improvement of the mean scores. There was also a highly significant correlation between duration of study and mean test scores with older students performing poorer.
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