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. 2017 Mar 11;24(5):897–902. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocx003

Table 1.

MCAT vs UCAT: root mean square error (RMSE) and item count

Cutoff RMSE
Mean Number of Items
MCAT UCAT MCAT UCAT
0.200 0.232 0.289 24.000 19.921
0.225 0.233 0.294 23.860 17.712
0.250 0.239 0.284 20.956 15.202
0.275 0.243 0.287 16.293 12.754
0.300 0.241 0.317 13.224 10.596
0.325 0.244 0.365 10.796 8.870
0.350 0.257 0.377 9.232 8.384
0.375 0.278 0.389 7.850 7.914
0.400 0.299 0.424 6.860 6.934

N = 406. RMSE: root mean square error; MCAT: multidimensional computer adaptive test; UCAT: unidimensional computer adaptive test.