That bit of the paper could have been a bit clearer. I simple downloaded 100 questions at random from a website that hosts lists of exam question. Am checking with Samir regarding if he did any further selection beyond that.
James On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:30 AM, pajz <pajzm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31 October 2017 at 17:09, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Full study available under an open license at >> https://mededu.jmir.org/2017/2/e20/ > > > If one gets to chose the questions and assemble the questionnaire then > shown to all study participants, I would submit that more or less arbitrary > study results can be generated by, consciously or subconsciously, picking > the "right" questions. Curiously, the two people that "reviewed" the > questions here were "a Wikipedia editor and administrator," and a > "long-term volunteer editor and administrator of Wikipedia" and "founder of > [...] the Wiki Project Med Foundation." > > Not being negative or anything, but if you're trying to scientifically > evaluate whether a given exam prep book improves students' grades, would > you let the editors of the book prepare the test exam? > > Best, > Patrik > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
