Roehrig S M
Physical Therapy Program, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.
Phys Ther. 1988 May;68(5):694-8. doi: 10.1093/ptj/68.5.694.
The primary purpose of this study was to determine which information available on applicants to the University of New Mexico physical therapy program would best predict performance on the licensing examination. The secondary purpose was to provide documentation of a procedure for selection that could be useful to other programs in other settings. American College Testing (ACT) scores, prerequisite and nonprerequisite grade point averages (GPAs), and interview and recommendation scores were used to predict licensing examination scores for the classes graduating from 1980 to 1984. Six of the regression analyses were significant, but three had similar correlations that were much higher than the rest. The variables in those three regression analyses were ACT composite score and both GPAs; ACT composite score, both GPAs, and interview score; and ACT composite score, prerequisite GPA, and interview score. The results of this study suggest that selection committees use standardized ability tests as admission criteria because the ACT scores accounted for the most variance in licensing examination scores. Other professional schools might also benefit by applying the procedures used in this study to their own data to develop prediction equations.
本研究的主要目的是确定新墨西哥大学物理治疗项目申请人的哪些可用信息能最好地预测执照考试成绩。次要目的是提供一种选拔程序的文档，该程序可能对其他环境中的其他项目有用。美国大学考试（ACT）成绩、先修课程和非先修课程的平均绩点（GPA）以及面试和推荐信分数被用于预测1980年至1984年毕业班级的执照考试成绩。六项回归分析具有显著性，但其中三项具有相似的相关性，远高于其他分析。这三项回归分析中的变量分别是ACT综合成绩和两个GPA；ACT综合成绩、两个GPA和面试成绩；以及ACT综合成绩、先修课程GPA和面试成绩。本研究结果表明，选拔委员会将标准化能力测试用作录取标准，因为ACT成绩在执照考试成绩中占的方差最大。其他专业学校也可能通过将本研究中使用的程序应用于自己的数据来开发预测方程而受益。
