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Peer reviewedStimmel, Barry – Journal of Medical Education, 1975
Reports a study that evaluated the efficacy of a nonranking grading system in assessing superior performance. (JT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation, Higher Education, Medical Education
Pugh, Richard C. – J Educ Res, 1969
A version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (Chicago, February 10, 1968).
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Environment, Grade Point Average
Mueller, Max W. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Ability, Exceptional Child Research
Download full textKramer, Miriam E.; Rosellini, Robert A. – 1981
Learned helplessness has recently incorporated attribution theory to predict the specific occurrence/nonoccurrence of the motivational, cognitive and affective deficits characteristic of helplessness. College students (N=50) participated in a study to investigate the effects of a personal-universal helplessness manipulation on subsequent task…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Problems, Emotional Response
Apling, Richard; Bryk, Anthony – 1980
Some early childhood variables are examined to evaluate their predictive validity. The selection of children needing early childhood Title I services is complicated by the lack of criteria for defining who is educationally disadvantaged and the special problems of early childhood testing and measurement. The study used re-analysis of longitudinal…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis
de Wolf, Virginia A. – 1978
The predictive validity of the equation used for determining entrance into the University of Washington's freshman class during the 1978-79 academic year is examined. The sample was comprised of all freshmen entering the university directly from high school in autumn quarter 1974 who had been tested through the Washington Pre-College Test Battery…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average
Rakow, Ernest A. – 1978
Ridge regression is presented as an analytic technique to be used when predictor variables in a multiple linear regression situation are highly correlated, a situation which may result in unstable regression coefficients and difficulties in interpretation. Ridge regression avoids the problem of selection of variables that may occur in stepwise…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 4
Shell, Kevin D.; LeBold, William K. – 1978
The utility of multiple discriminant analysis in predicting career interests in six specialities of engineering--aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering--was studied. Freshman engineers at Purdue University were administered the Purdue Interest Questionnaire (PIQ). Multiple discriminant analysis was…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Freshmen, Discriminant Analysis, Engineering
Cascio, Wayne F.; Silbey, Val – 1978
Psychometric evaluations of the assessment center method of personnel selection have consistently shown positive results. However, this approach ignores certain external parameters (e.g., selection ratio, cost of the procedure) which largely determine the overall utility of a selection device. Moreover, the psychometric evaluation approach ignores…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Costs
Flynn, Timothy M. – 1975
The predictive validity of the Slosson Intelligence Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test, Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration, and the Metropolitan Readiness Test was evaluated for use with kindergarten children. The criterion measure was the California Achievement Tests administered when the children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Intelligence Tests
Essex, Diane L.; And Others – 1980
The predictive validity of the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) was examined; the validity coefficients were compared to those obtained from previous versions of the MCAT and from performance data gathered early in a first-year basic science program. Data were collected from about 400 medical students, including: (1) MCAT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
DROEGE, ROBERT C. – 1967
THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO EXAMINE ONE ASPECT OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF APTITUDES, JOB PERFORMANCE, AND AGE -- SPECIFICALLY, TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE VALIDITY OF UNADJUSTED AND AGE-ADJUSTED GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY (GATB) APTITUDE SCORES FOR PREDICTING OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS. ELEVEN LONGITUDINAL…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Job Performance
CURRY, JOHN – 1967
IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF A CUT-OFF SCORE FOR ENTRANCE INTO TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SCORES OF 1,346 STUDENTS WHO EITHER PLACED ABOVE THE 80TH PERCENTILE (N-672) OR BELOW THE 20TH PERCENTILE (N-674) ON EITHER THE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TEST OR THE WATSON-GLASER TEST OF CRITICAL THINKING WERE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Education Majors, Grades (Scholastic)
BROWN, WALTER M.; RUSSELL, ROGER D. – 1964
THE USE OF STANDARD ADMISSIONS TESTS HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS. TO EXAMINE THE VALIDITY OF THESE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (ACE) TEST SCORES OF 66 HONOR GRADUATES AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE BETWEEN 1954 AND 1959 WERE EXAMINED. IT WAS FOUND THAT 58 OF THEM WOULD NOT HAVE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
MILLER, LEONARD A.; MUTHARD, JOHN E. – 1966
TWO HYPOTHESES RELATING THE AMOUNT OF RISK-TAKING A COUNSELOR DISPLAYS TO HIS JOB SUCCESS AND JOB SATISFACTION WERE PROPOSED. HOWEVER, RISK-TAKING, AS MEASURED BY WILLINGNESS TO BET ON ANSWERS TO A REHABILITATION INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE TEST GIVEN TO 83 COUNSELORS IN FOUR STATES, LACKED A RELATIONSHIP OF PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE. A SECOND STUDY…
Descriptors: Correlation, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Performance, Job Satisfaction
