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Preas, Nancy Bush – 1969
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the validity of selected predictor variables for estimating academic performance and to assess which of them were best predictors of achievement among selected community college students in North Carolina. A secondary purpose was to develop a model from the findings whereby a student could be…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Decision Making
Peer reviewedAlgina, James; Gross, Leon J. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
To examine the premise that an overall cutting score on Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) tests allows medical students to enter clinical training despite deficiencies in certain subjects, cutting scores on four BMS tests were compared with those of discipline subtests. The original premise was not supported. (MH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Clinical Experience, Cutting Scores, Decision Making
Download full textFrick, Theodore W. – 1986
The sequential probability ratio test (SPRT), developed by Abraham Wald, is one statistical model available for making mastery decisions during computer-based criterion referenced tests. The predictive validity of the SPRT was empirically investigated with two different and relatively large item pools with heterogeneous item parameters. Graduate…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Classification, Comparative Analysis
