Influence of response instructions and response format on applicant perceptions of a situational judgement test for medical school selection

• Published in: BMC medical education Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 282
• Main Authors: De Leng, Wendy E, Stegers-Jager, Karen M, Born, Marise Ph, Themmen, Axel P N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.11.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Admission Criteria; Analysis; Analysis of Variance; Applicant perceptions; Aptitude Tests; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Cheating; College Students; Educational Measurement - methods; Female; Gender; Humans; Individualized Instruction; Influence; Male; Medical school selection; Medical schools; Minorities; Minority & ethnic groups; Motivation; Perceptions; Personnel selection; Psychological aspects; Psychological tests; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Reproducibility of Results; Response bias; Response format; Response instructions; School Admission Criteria; Schools, Medical; Selection bias; Situational judgement test; Studies; University students; Validity; Young Adult; Applicant perceptions; Response instructions; Situational judgement test; Medical school selection; Response format

This study examined the influence of two Situational Judgement Test (SJT) design features (response instructions and response format) on applicant perceptions. Additionally, we investigated demographic subgroup differences in applicant perceptions of an SJT. Medical school applicants (N = 372) respo...