An investigation concerning the predictive value of standardized tests in the entrance battery of the University of Houston Central College of Nursing

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1954

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It was the purpose of this study to determine from scores on a batter of standardized tests (1) how accurately academic success can be predicted for nursing students enrolled at the Universty of Houston Central College of Nursing and (2) to provide local norms on each of the tests in the battery for the purposes of evaluation and guidance. All students at the nursing school, active and withdrawn, who satisfied the requirements of the examiner were included in the testing population. These totaled one hundred female applicants who had completed at least one semester of work at the Central College. [...]

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Prediction of scholastic success, Educational tests and measurements, Nursing--Study and teaching--United States

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