Introduction: Predictive validity is one of important characteristics of a test; it means that what extent a test predicts scores of criterion test. This type of validity can be obtained through determining correlation between scores of two tests. This study was performed to determine correlation between the scores obtained by medical students in various educational courses, basic sciences and ...

Introduction: Determination of psychometric properties including predictive validity, especially in university entrance examination (especially for subjects that are long, expensive and important for public health) is one of the major studies that should be done and considered frequently by the Assessment Organization. This study aimed to determine predictive validity of university entrance exa...

One of the necessary bases to improve the quality of education system especially in universities is continuous evaluation of education process of students in different levels of education system continually. Basic sciences medical period is a background of study achievement and precise understanding of the next levels of medical courses. The medical students by the knowledge acquired in basic s...

  Introduction: Different studies regarding  criteria of admission for medical students indicated that prediction of success of students at the university is the most important issue. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between High School Grade Point Averages (HsGPAs) and university admission test ( Konkoor) ranking with students’ success indices such as their Basic Sciences ...