Data from the second year ofnursing con ferences sponsored by the Vermont/New
Hampshire Regional Perinatal Program
are used to test several hypotheses concerning the effects of continuing medical education programs. Analysis of covariance
indicates a significant difference in posttest
scores of conference attendants and non-attendants after adjustment for differences
in group pretest means. Multiple regression
analysis confirms this result and shows that
attendance at previous continuing education programs has a significant effect on
test score. The hypothesis that simply
having taken a pretest positively affects
postscore is not confirmed.
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