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Ineffective Psychometric Testing: Gre Test Administration, Brittney Dawhn Perry

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The effectiveness of the GRE was measured through a mixed-methods study. Quantitative data was studied to determine a relationship between GRE scores and the completion of higher education. Students and employers were surveyed to clarify a link between the content the GRE measures and the skills that are needed in graduate school and the workforce. In addition, students were asked if test administration, time-constrained questions, and question bias had any effect of their GRE score. Together, these findings were inconclusive and do not suggest that the GRE is effective or ineffective in its measurement of potential graduate students in relation …

The Effect Of An Overall Rating Item On Halo Error In Performance Evaluations, S. Elizabeth Hogue

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study focuses on how the presence or absence of an overall rating item on a performance evaluation form affects levels of halo error and satisfaction with the form. Participants included undergraduate college students who were randomly assigned to groups receiving a form with or without an overall rating item at the beginning of the form. A satisfaction item was included on both forms. The analyses included a z-test for correlations from independent samples to determine the difference between the two evaluation forms and a t-test to determine the difference between the satisfaction scores of the two forms. The analyses …

A Course Of Study In Beginning Shorthand, Kathryn Mcfarlane

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem involves the following divisions:

1. To build a course of study in shorthand with all the units developed
2. To suggest means of evaluation of the course of study

A Comparison Of The Certification Standards For Commercial Teachers In The Different States Of The Union, Lee Rothrock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the present study, the writer has attempted to make an investigation of the problem of the certification of commercial teachers in the secondary school level of the several states in the Union. The study has three purposes:

1. To tabulate the requirements made by the various states for secondary school certification of commercial teachers.
2. To set forth, by the method of comparison and contrast, the central tendencies and the differences that exist in these requirements.
3. To suggest principles and standards to serve as a basis for a general plan for the certification of high school commercial teachers in the United …

A Teacher Retirement System For Kentucky, Mrs. W. E. Willis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Statement of the problem -

1. To find out the effort being made to establish a state-wide teacher retirement system in those states where no retirement system exists.
2. To study and analyze each state-wide teacher retirement system in effect.
3. To set up a state-wide teacher retirement plan for Kentucky.