The Appropriateness of the Thai Naval Academy Curriculum.
Abstract
Two hundred and fifty Thai Naval officers were surveyed to determine the appropriateness of the Thai Naval Academy curriculum. Seventy-seven responded. They were asked to rank the importance of subjects in the curriculum for two criteria: the naval profession, and intellectual development of the individual. The rankings were scaled using the 'Ford computer program.' A judge reliability check done by correlating the rankings of half the judges against the other half showed a high positive correlation (r = .908), indicating uniformity of judgements. The scaled 'weights' of both criteria were then reduced to one dimension by orthogonal projection onto a straight line contained in the plane with the two criteria as their axes. The resulting 'weights' were used as the criterion variable and compared with percent of instruction time per subject in the curriculum. The correlation coefficient (rho) between the ranks of the weights and the ranks of the instruction time was low (rho = .423), but significant. The difference in the ranks were used as indicator of each subject's level of appropriateness. Many subjects were found to be inappropriate. Adjustments of instruction time or replacement of those subjects highly inappropriate was deemed advisable. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0769394
Entities
People
- Prasart Sribhadung
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School