The Development of Guidance Materials for Cadets in the Selection of their Area of Concentration,
Abstract
A guidance program and techniques to assist cadets in selecting the area of concentration most compatible with their profile of measured interests, values and academic capabilities were developed on the Class of 1978 and cross-validated by application to the Class of 1979. The new measures of compatibility between a cadet's pattern on selected interests and values and the pattern of cadets typical of those successful in the two more popular areas of concentration (the Applied Science and Engineering area and the National Security and Public Affairs area) had high validity (respective r's = .71 and .67), on the Class of 1978 from which a sample was used to develop the techniques and high cross validity on the Class of 1979 (respective r's = .68 and .65). The four area Predicted Quality Point Averages had exceptionally high validities and cross validities ranging from .86 to .93 for the Class of 1978 and cross validities of .79 to .92 when applied to the Class of 1979. A Physical Science Areas/Non-Physical Science Areas Score (A, B/N, H) had a correlation of .90 for the development sample, .85 for the total Class of 1978 and .83 for the Class of 1979. A new statistic is presented that indicates the reliability of differences between scores on two scales, based on the correlation between the two and on their two reliability coefficients.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072275
Entities
People
- Claude F. Bridges
Organizations
- United States Military Academy