title: Can item response theory help us improve our tests?
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical and life Sciences, Thomson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK. R.F.Burton@bio.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans