Statistical analysis of specialty choice

Specialty Choice Among Physicians

Specialty choice in occupational therapy.

The shortage of occupational therapists specializing in mental health led to a survey of graduates from nine occupational therapy schools in the New York metropolitan area to determine the factors affecting their specialty choice. The variables examined were derived from a literature review of the specialty choice of psychiatry among medical students. They included personality, academic, clinic...

Statistical Analysis of Multiple Choice Exams

The use of a multiple-choice format for hour exams at many institutions leads to a deluge of more or less significant statistical data which are unfortunately all too often either neglected or completely ignored. We will try to present an introduction to certain of the more common words or phrases which are encountered in the analysis of test results, so that these data may become more meaningf...

Factors Influencing Pediatric Specialty Choice among Pediatric Residents of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

Factors influencing the choice of the subject could strengthen the knowledge and motivation to enter the field to promote the health of society. This study explores factors influencing specialty choice of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences pediatric department residents In this cross-sectional study all 38 pediatric residents were was undertaken using a questionnaire designed to a...

Physician Income Expectations and Specialty Choice

In spite of the important role of income expectations in economics, economists know little about how people actually form these expectations. We use a unique data set that contains the explicit income expectations of medical students over a 25-year time period to examine how students form income expectations. We examine whether students condition their expectations on their own ability, contemp...