Commentary: Scientific Components in Standard Setting

Scientific components in standard setting.

Although it has not, to my knowledge, been precisely articulated, one concept of the scientific component of determination of a standard is that, first, all relevant published data are collected; second, a process is undertaken to derive some consensus on the reliability or meaning of the research; and third, the resulting document is transmitted to those charged with recommending a standard. S...

Scientific Commentary

No-one, wrote Frank Beach, a notable contributor to the experimental study of hormones and sexual behaviour, ever died from lack of sex. But the personal, social and legal aspects of sexual behaviour are a pervasive pre-occupation in all humans. The variety and vagaries of sex can have severe implications, and the existence of homosexuality and disorders of gender identity demand some sort of e...

Standard setting in medical education: fundamental concepts and emerging challenges

  The process of determining the minimum pass level to separate the competent students from those who do not perform well enough is called standard setting. A large number of methods are widely used to set cut-scores for both written and clinical examinations. There are some challenging issues pertaining to any standard setting procedure. Ignoring these concerns would result in a large dispute ...

Commentary on standard ML

∗I generated this file on October 12, 2002, from a back-up dated May 2, 1991, since no original dvi file was available in the back-up. I had to change two occurrences of >From to From in the source files (apparently corruption caused by a mail program). Furthermore, I had to edit the tex files to force page breaks on pages 43, 99, 100, 111, 120, 130, 137 and 138 to be as in the printed version....

Scientific relevance and irrelevance of genetic susceptibility for standard setting in risk control