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. 1988:27:9-14.

Effect of prior examples on rule-based diagnostic performance

S W Allen  1 , L R Brooks, G R Norman, D Rosenthal
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  • PMID: 3218881

Effect of prior examples on rule-based diagnostic performance

S W Allen et al. Res Med Educ. 1988.

Abstract

The studies test the role of examples in the learning of diagnostic rules in dermatology. The specific examples used are shown to have a substantial biasing effect on diagnostic accuracy.

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