The mental tests were a better indication of medical school ability than the applicants' prior academic records¶
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q3 i? Quality of reading correlates .62, the omnibus test .60 and the two combined .65 with medical marks, while S. L. A. marks show but .49. → Haggerty 1918
Evidence¶
Haggerty 1918¶
Haggerty, M. E. (1918). Tests of applicants for admission to University of Minnesota Medical School. Journal of Educational Psychology, 9(5), 278–286. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0071405
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Comparison of test correlations with pre-medical honor-point averages (S. L. A. marks, 68 cases) against first-semester medical marks. The article states "either test alone is a better prognostic measure than were the S. L. A. marks," with the printed correlations .62, .60, .65 versus .49.
"In fact either test alone is a better prognostic measure than were the S. L. A. marks. The "quality of reading" correlates with medical marks to the extent of .62, the omnibus test to .60 and the two combined to .65, while the S. L. A. marks show but .49."
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Related Claims¶
- Combined weighted-time and reading-quality scores correlate substantially with first-semester medical school marks — related
- The omnibus and reading tests correlate .34, indicating they measure partly the same and partly different functions — related
- Reading-test time scores correlate equivocally with academic marks, unlike raw association time — related
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The mental tests were a better indication of medical school ability than the applicants' prior academic records |
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The mental tests were a better indication of medical school ability than the applicants' prior academic records |
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1918 |
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