Templeton M S, Burcham A, Franck L
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858.
J Allied Health. 1994 Spring;23(2):79-87.
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of 12 preadmission academic scores with the professional cumulative grade point average (PT CUM GPA) achieved in a two-year physical therapy program. The objective of the study was to suggest to faculty ways to limit the admission-selection criteria to statistically significant predictors of academic achievement. Preadmission cumulative grade point average, science cumulative grade point average, average Allied Health Professions Aptitude Test (AHPAT) score, and nine other less often utilized academic scores were correlated with PT CUM GPA of 111 physical therapy students. The Pearson product-moment correlation and a stepwise regression procedure identified chemistry, physics, and science cumulative GPAs and AHPAT quantitative ability score as significant predictors of PT CUM GPA. These predictors accounted for 16% of the variance of the PT CUM GPA. Results suggest that these preadmission scores be used in the admission-selection process and be given equal weight in predicting academic achievement.
本研究的目的是确定12项入学前学业成绩与两年制物理治疗课程中取得的专业累积平均绩点（PT CUM GPA）之间的关系。该研究的目标是向教师建议如何将录取选拔标准限制在学业成绩的统计学显著预测因素上。入学前累积平均绩点、理科累积平均绩点、联合健康职业能力倾向测试（AHPAT）平均成绩以及其他九项较少使用的学业成绩与111名物理治疗专业学生的PT CUM GPA相关。皮尔逊积矩相关分析和逐步回归程序确定化学、物理、理科累积平均绩点以及AHPAT定量能力成绩是PT CUM GPA的显著预测因素。这些预测因素占PT CUM GPA方差的16%。结果表明，这些入学前成绩应在录取选拔过程中使用，并且在预测学业成绩时应给予同等权重。
