A Graphic Approach for Presenting Expectancy of Success Based on Two Predictors [microform] / David J. Solomon and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5501611
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Solomon, David J
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED304472
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989
- 8 p.
- Summary:
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A procedure for developing a nomogram that depicts expectancy of success on a criterion from performance on two predictors is presented. Data from 574 medical students attending Michigan State University College of Human Medicine's classes of 1979 through 1984 were used to develop a model for predicting the expectancy of success on Part I of the National Board of Medical Examiners examination (NBME-I). The average score on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and undergraduate science grade point averages (GPAs) were used as predictors. The three steps required to produce the nomogram were: (1) develop a predictor model for NBME-I performance based on MCAT scores and GPAs; (2) develop an expectancy table for success on the NBME-I based on this model; and (3) create a nomogram from the prediction model and the expectancy tables. Actual computations and graphing of the nomogram were done with a spreadsheet-graphics package called "Quattro." Such nomograms are effective tools for presenting the expectancy of success based on two predictors in an easily used form. One graph represents the nomogram, and two tables present study information. (SLD)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Educational Research Association (Lansing, MI, January 18, 1989).
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
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- 1989
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