Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
6-1981
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Major
Educational Administration and Supervision
Major Professor
Gerald C Ubben
Committee Members
Dewey H Stollar, Francis M Trusty, Malcolm McInnis Jr, Sylvia E Hart
Abstract
The two-fold purpose of this study was to: (1) examine the relationship between each of the seven selected variables and State Board Test Pool Examination (SBTPE) performance, and (2) determine from the selected variables the strongest combination predictive of State Board Test Pool Examination performance.
The study was designed to determine whether any one of the seven selected variables or a combination of the variables is predictive of performance on the State Board Test Pool Examination. The selected variables to be studied were: high school grade point average (HSGPA), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing grade point average (CNGPA), and American College Test Assessment (ACT) standard scores (English, ENG; mathematics, MA; social studies, SS; natural sciences, NSC: composite, COMP).
Date utilized were from graduates of the baccalaureate program of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing from 1974 through 1979. The sample of 322 was selected from a total population of 572.
The Statistical Analysis System (SAS) was designed to accomplish analysis of the predictive relationship of each of the seven selected variables to State Board Test Pool Examination performance (result of pass or fail), a stepwise discriminant analysis was designed for determining the predictive relationship of the strongest combination of the independent variables to overall State Board Test Pool Examination performance (result of pass or fail), and stepwise multiple regression analysis was designed to determine the strongest predictive combination of selected variables for each of the five subexams of the State Board Test Pool Examination.
The selected variables were each found to be predictive of SBTPE performance (result of pass or fail).
The strongest combination for predicting SBTPE performance (result of pass or fail) was found to be CNGPA, MA, and NSC.
The strongest combination of variables for predicting performance on the medical nursing subexam of the SBTPE was found to be CNGPA, ENG, SS, and NSC.
The strongest combination of variables for predicting performance on the surgical nursing subexam of the SBTPE was found to be CNGPA, ENG, and NSC.
The strongest combination of variables for predicting performance on the obstetrical nursing subexam of the SBTPE was found to be CNGPA, SS, and NSC.
The strongest combination of variables for predicting performance on the nursing of children subexam of the SBTPE was found to be CNGAP, SS, and NSC.
The strongest combination of variables for predicting performance on the psychiatric nursing subexam of the SBTPE was found to be CNGPA, ENG, SS, and NSC.
Recommended Citation
Sharp, Theresa Griffith, "An analysis of the relationships of seven selected variables to state board test pool examination performance of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1981.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/13516