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THE USE OP CERTAIN TESTS
IN THE PREDICTION OF SUCCESS IN HIGH-SCHOOL SHORTHAND
by
fcargaret S. Blacker
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A Thesis
Submitted to the Department
of Guidanoe and the Graduate School
of the University of Wyoming in Partial
Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of
Waster of Arts
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UNIVERSITY Or WYOMING
LARA/ IE 82070
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University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming
August, 1951
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The w riter wishes to express her sincere appreciation to Dr. J. R.
MacNeel for his unfailing patienoe and encouragement and for helpful
suggestions and criticism s in the preparation of this study.
Appreciation is also due Mr. J. K. Corbett, Principal of Laramie
High Sohool, for his cooperation and assistance in the administration
of the tests and for permission to use high-school records, and to Miss
Jacqueline Wymore, Secretary to the Prinoipal, for her help in making
these reoords available for use at any time when they could be helpful.
Finally, the study would have been impossible without the coopera
tion of Miss Mary McCrohan and the fifty-three members of her classes
of beginning shorthand students.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Page
X INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 1
The Problem........................................................................................ 1
The Importance of the Problem................................................. 2
Complexity of the Problem............................................... 4
II REVIEW OF LITERATURE............................................................................ 7
III THE HIOCEDURE OF INVESTIGATION.................................................... 16
Description of. Tests Used ............................................. 19
Shorthand Criterion . . . . . . . . . . ........................... 21
Composition of Group Studied..................................................... 23
Techniques Used in Studying Data............................................ 24
IV TREATMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA......................................... 25
Comparison of Mean Scores of Above Average and Below
Average Students .................................. . . . . . . . . . 25
Turse Shorthand Aptitude T e st................................................. 27
Otis Self-Administering Test of Mental A bility. . . . 36
Iowa Silent Reading T e s t........................................................... 43
Comparison of Results on Turse Shorthand Aptitude
Test. Otis Test of Mental A bility, and Iowa Reading
Test .......................................................................................... 49
V SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS............................. 52
Summary............................................................. 52
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TABLE OF CONTENTS, Continued
Chapter Page
Conclusions 55
Recommendations . . . . . . . ...................... . . . . . . 56
SELECTED REFERENCES ........................................................................... 58
APPENDIX................................................................................................... 60
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
I Number and Per Cent of Shorthand Pupils Who Failed or
Dropped Shorthand by the End of the First Year, 1942-47. . 16
II Number and Per Cent of First-Year Shorthand Pupils Who
Enrolled for Advanced Shorthand, 1942-1947 . 18
III Comparisons of Mean Scores of Above-Average and Below-
Average Students .................. . ........................................ . . . . . 26
IV Correlation Coefficients Between Turse Shorthand Aptitude
Test and Average Grades on Shorthand Theory Tests. . . . . 27
V Regression Equations and Standard Error of Estimates for
Turse Shorthand Aptitude Tests 2, 3, 5, 7, Sum of Scores
of Tests 2, 3, 5, 7, and for Total Scores on the Test. . . 29
VI Number of Students Receiving Each Shorthand Grade Based on
Test Averages, Grouped by Turse Percentile Ranks . . . . . 33
VII Number of Students Receiving Each Second Semester Shorthand
Grade, Grouped by Turse Percentile Ranks . . . . . . . . . 34
V lll Number of Students Receiving Each Second Semester Shorthand
Grade, Grouped by Percentile Ranks on Tests 2, 3, 5, and 7 36
IX Number of Students Receiving Eaoh Shorthand Grade Based on
Test Averages, Grouped by PR’s in Class from Otis Test of
Mental A bility ................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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LIST OF TABLES, Continued
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X Number of Students Receiving Each Second Semester
Shorthand Grade, Grouped by PR's in Class on the Otis
Test of Mental A bility ................................................. 41
XI Coefficients of Correlation Between Scores on Iowa
Silent Reading Test and Average Grades on Shorthand
Theory Tests ........................................................................................ 43
XII Regression Equations and Standard Error of Estimate for
Iowa Silent Reading Tests IB, 4, 5, 6, and for Entire
T e s t.......................................................................................................... 47
XIV Number of Students Receiving Each Second Semester Short
hand Grade, Grouped by PR* s on the Iowa Silent Reading
T e st.......................................................................................................... 49
XV Low-Ranking Pupils in Final Shorthand Grades, on Turse
Shorthand Aptitude Test, on Otis Test of Mental A bility,
and on Iowa Silent Reading Test........................................... • 50
XVI Coefficients of Correlation Between Scores of Three Tests
and Average Grades on Shorthand Theory Tests .................... 53
XVII Regression and Standard Error of Estimate for Tests
Having a Significant Coefficient of Correlation. . . . 54
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
1 Relationship Between Shorthand Grades Based on Test
Averages and Turse Percentile Ranks ............................................ 32
2 Relationship Between Second Semester Shorthand Grades and
Turse Percentile Ranks ......................................................................... 35
3 Relationship Between Second Semester Shorthand Grades and
Percentile Ranks Based on Tests 2, 5, 5, and 7 of the
Turse Shorthand Aptitude T e st..............................................................37
4 Relationship Between Shorthand Grades Based on Test
Averages and Percentile Ranks on Otis Self-Administering
Test of Mental A b ility ..............................................................................39
5 Relationship Between Second Semester Shorthand Grades and
Percentile Ranks on Otis Self-Administoring Test of
Mental A b ility ........................................................................................ 42
6 Relationship Between Shorthand Grades Based on Test
Averages and Percentile Rank of Median Scores on Iowa
Silent Reading T e st....................................................................................46
7 Relationship Between Second Semester Shorthand Grades and
Percentile Rank of Median Scores on Iowa Silent Reading
T e st.....................................................................................................................48
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