This study examined the effect of a selection context on the responses to a five factor personality questionnaire (Revised NEO Personality Inventory) of 974 candidates taking the entrance examination to the ENAC (National School of Civil Aviation, France). A response distortion index was calculated using Schinka, Kinder and Kremer (1997)’s method. The results indicate: 1) lower neuroticism scor...

OBJECTIVE This paper proposes the unification of entrance exams to medical residency programs (MRP) in Brazil. Problems related to MRP and its interface with public health problems in Brazil are highlighted and how this proposal are able to help solving these problems. METHODS The proposal is to create a database to be applied in MRP unified exams. Some advantages of using the Item Response T...

The subject of probability theory is widely established in colleges and universities. Probability a very important subject, whether it the usual final examination or many students' postgraduate entrance examination. This has certain requirements for teaching theory, but there are problems universities, such as backward methods low students, which have greatly affected learning, require college ...