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Situational Judgment Tests As A New Tool For Dental Student Selection, Tine Buyse, Filip Lievens
Situational Judgment Tests As A New Tool For Dental Student Selection, Tine Buyse, Filip Lievens
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Cognitive tests are used to select students into dental school, yet cognitive predictors explain only part of the variance in academic performance. Therefore, interviews and personality tests are often used to measure noncognitive (e.g., interpersonal) characteristics. Recently, situational judgment tests (SJTs) have drawn attention since there is evidence that SJTs can be valid predictors in medical admission contexts. This study examines the validity of an SJT measuring interpersonal skills for predicting academic performance of dental students. Incremental validity over cognitive tests is also examined. In this study, 796 dental students who passed the admission exam for medical and dental students …