Generalizability of a composite student selection procedure at a university-based chiropractic program.
Purpose: Non-cognitive admission criteria are typically used in chiropractic student selection to supplement grades. The reliability of non-cognitive student admission criteria in chiropractic education has not previously been examined. In addition, very few studies have examined the overall test ge...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Chiropractic Education (Association of Chiropractic Colleges) Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 8 - 17 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Association of Chiropractic Colleges
Spring2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105482038&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105482038 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10425055 G1A jtl: Journal of Chiropractic Education (Association of Chiropractic Colleges) issn: 10425055 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2009 vid: 23 iid: 1 pid: 12048 pub: Association of Chiropractic Colleges place: Arlington, Virginia artinfo: ui: 105482038 2010227940 10.7899/1042-5055-23.1.8 NLM19390678 105482038 ppf: 8 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Generalizability of a composite student selection procedure at a university-based chiropractic program. aug: au: O'Neill LD Korsholm L Wallstedt B Eika B Hartvigsen J affil: Institute of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of South Denmark, Denmark sug: subj: Colleges and Universities Education, Chiropractic Schools, Health Occupations Student Selection Achievement Tests Adult Confidence Intervals Convenience Sample Data Analysis Software Denmark Descriptive Statistics Female Funding Source Job Experience Knowledge Male Motivation Questionnaires Evaluation Random Assignment Reliability School Admissions Semi-Structured Interview Evaluation Human Adult: 19-44 years Female Male ab: Purpose: Non-cognitive admission criteria are typically used in chiropractic student selection to supplement grades. The reliability of non-cognitive student admission criteria in chiropractic education has not previously been examined. In addition, very few studies have examined the overall test generalizability of composites of non-cognitive admission variables in admission to health science programs. The aim of this study was to estimate the generalizability of a composite selection to a chiropractic program, consisting of: application form information, a written motivational essay. a common knowledge test, and an admission interview. Methods: Data from 105 Chiropractic applicants from the 2007 admission at the University of Southern Denmark were available for analysis. Each admission parameter was double scored using two random, blinded, and independent raters. Variance components for applicant, rater and residual effects were estimated for a mixed model with the restricted maximum likelihood method. The reliability of obtained applicant ranks (generalizability coefficients) was calculated for the individual admission criteria and for the composite admission procedure. Results: Very good generalizability was found for the common knowledge test (G=1.00) and the admission interview (G=0.88). Good generalizability was found for application form information (G=0.75) and moderate generalizability (G=O.50) for the written motivation essay. The generalizability of the final composite admission procedure, which was a weighted composite of all 4 admission variables was good (Gc = 0.80). Conclusion: Good generalizability for a composite admission to a chiropractic program was found. Optimal weighting and adequate sampling are important for obtaining optimal generalizability. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed. (J Chiropr Educ 2009;23(1):000-000) pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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