Choice of screening tests.

Choice of screening tests.

In this paper, we consider one of the decisions that have to be made about a screening programme: which type of test to use. Our study shows that knowledge of the sensitivities, specificities, and costs of alternative tests is an inadequate basis for the choice of test. The monetary values of the different possible results of the test must also be estimated, or judgements made about the likely ...

Review of Autism Screening Tests

Background: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that onset in the first 3 years of life and led to lifelong disability.Despite the early onset of symptoms, diagnosis of thissyndromedoes not happenuntil severalyears later, somany childrenlosethe opportunityfor earlyintervention.There arevarious toolsforscreening anddiagnosis, buttheirdesign, strengths and weaknesses aredifferent. The aim of ...

the washback effect of discretepoint vs. integrative tests on the retention of content in knowledge tests

در این پایان نامه تاثیر دو نوع تست جزیی نگر و کلی نگر بر به یادسپاری محتوا ارزیابی شده که نتایج نشان دهندهکارایی تستهای کلی نگر بیشتر از سایر آزمونها است

The ethical implications of screening for HIV: whose choice reigns?

analytic assessment of multiple-choice tests

background: multiple choice tests (mct), are widely known and applied as useful evaluation tests in the field of education especially in medical science. items on a multiple-choice test consist of a stem, which is followed by a correct answer as well as three to four distracters. items on a well-written multiple-choice test will have stems that are precise and clear, one answer that is clearly ...