A Study of the Interrelatedness of Nursing Board Examination Scores and Student Characteristics/Achievement Variables at Virginia Western Community College. OIR Report No. 18-74.

Autor/in	Houston, Charles A.
Institution	Virginia Western Community Coll., Roanoke. Office of Institutional Research.
Titel	A Study of the Interrelatedness of Nursing Board Examination Scores and Student Characteristics/Achievement Variables at Virginia Western Community College. OIR Report No. 18-74.
Quelle	(1974), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Allied Health Occupations Education; College Students; Community Colleges; Correlation; Demography; Grade Point Average; Nursing Education; Nursing Students; Postsecondary Education; Program Evaluation; Research Reports; Student Characteristics; Test Results; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Collegestudent; Community college; Community College; Korrelation; Demografie; Pflegepädagogik; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Research report; Forschungsbericht
Abstract	In order to evaluate Virginia Western Community College's (VWCC) nursing program and the proficiencies of its graduates, an examination was made of the interrelatedness of certain student characteristics/achievements and subtest scores. Statistical analyses of the data included: (1) a demographic profile of graduates, (2) descriptive analyses of examination scores, (3) correlation of scores and characteristics, and (4) canonical correlation analyses between student characteristics/achievement variables and state board scores. Results of the study indicated that: (1) approximately 95 percent of the graduates were either single females (40.9 percent) or married females (54.5 percent); (2) approximately 73 percent of the students were 25 years or older; (3) VWCC GPA's correlated significantly with all subtest scores; (4) high school rank, high school Algebra 1, and age correlated significantly only with certain subtest scores; (5) no significant correlations were found between high school chemistry grades and subtest scores; and (6) 81 percent of the variance between subtest scores and student characteristics/achievement variables can be explained by canonical variable 1. These results supported the present screening and selection procedures with the recommendation that the use of high school chemistry grades as a criterion for admission be reviewed. (Author/DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC