An Evaluation of the Air Force Institute of Technology Student Selection Criteria

Abstract

This thesis was designed to evaluate the suitability of the variables that AFIT currently uses to select graduate students. The objective was to determine if, indeed, these variables are effective at predicting graduate school academic success at AFIT. The study examined the records of 4170 US military officers, foreign officers, and civilians who attended in-residence AFIT graduate programs from 1977 to 1987. From these records was obtained data on each students' undergraduate GPA and scores on standardized tests, which AFIT currently uses in the selection process. Using the graduate GPA as the criterion, this study examined the effectiveness of these predictors with correlation analysis. In addition to studying the student population as a whole, the sample was also broken down to see if the predictors were equally suitable across all programs. (RRH)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215619

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People

  • Kevin W. Buckley

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Computer Science
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Logistics Management
  • Operations Research
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Education

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