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Crouch, Suzanne J. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess the merit of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal as a pre-admission criterion in conjunction with the frequently utilized admission criteria of the college prerequisite grade point average and the National League of Nursing pre-admission test. Data were collected from 192 first-year nursing…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Success, Predictor Variables, Admission Criteria
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Ukpabi, Chinasa Victor – Educational Research Quarterly, 2008
The primary purpose of this study was to specify the variables that would play the greatest role in predicting success of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) nursing graduates in the National Certification Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Participants for this study include a convenience sample of 39 students who…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Predictor Variables, Discriminant Analysis
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Taylor, Dianne L.; Tucker, Mary L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Describes two invariance tests, the jackknife procedure and Procrustean rotation, and applies them in a discriminant analysis for this heuristic study. Invariance testing helps to prevent overemphasis on findings of statistical significance and overgeneralization of a research result, and thus is gaining favor as an indicator of result importance.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Concurrent Validity, Discriminant Analysis, Heuristics