Pattern Scoring of a Short-Form Test for Predicting Success in a Navy 'A' School

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to adapt and illustrate the use of computer program to score binary patterns of response on a short form predictor test (Electronics Technician Selection Test and the General Classification Test) so as to maximize the correlation between this predictor and a criterion (the final school grade in the basic Electronics and Electricity School).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0764483

Entities

People

  • Kenneth P. Weinberg

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Abstracts
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  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Electricity
  • Electronics
  • Naval Personnel
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Statistics
  • Technicians
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Education

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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems