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ArticleJournal of medical education and curricular development

A Retrospective Cohort Analysis Comparing Analytic and Holistic Marking Rubrics in Medical Research Education.

Siew Wan Yeo, Christina Signorelli, Khanh Vo, Greg Smith

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Siew Wan YeoUNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia.
Christina SignorelliUNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7091-0347
Khanh VoUNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia.
Greg SmithUNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia.

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Abstract

objectivesThe use of analytic rubrics in assessing and grading students' performance has become more prominent among instructors due to its reliability and validity in ensuring consistency in student evaluation. However, there is limited evidence demonstrating the consistency of examiner judgments between analytic marking rubrics and holistic marking rubrics.

methodsTherefore, we aimed to compare the consistency of marks given using holistic marking methods and analytic rubrics at an Australian university by analyzing the mean mark differences and number of adjudications between two rubric types as well as the inter-rater reliability between two assessors. We analyzed all scores for project manuscripts between 2016 and 2021 for Honours medical students. We compared the mean mark differences graded using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Welch

resultsWe found that analytic rubrics have lower mean mark differences and fewer adjudicators are required. We showed a strong positive association between the consistency of marks given and the use of analytic rubrics when compared to holistic marking. Pearson correlation showed a low but stronger correlation between marks awarded by the two assessors when analytic rubrics were used (

conclusionsOur findings suggest that the use of analytic rubrics may increase the consistency and reliability between two independent examiners in marking medical students' work.

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adjudicationanalytic rubricsconsistencyholistic markinginter-rater reliabilitymark differencesrubric

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PMID39211294
PMCPMC11359436

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