Daniel R. Sny

Date of Award

9-1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

Guy S. Shane, PhD

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to determine the validity of the selection procedures that AFIT (Air Force Institute of Technology) uses for admission to their resident graduate programs by discovering if the variables considered by the AFIT registrar's office can predict success at AFIT. The study was based on a collection of 4507 academic records of US military officers, foreign officers, and civilians who attended as AFIT students between 1975-1987. The academic records provided the predictor variables to include each graduate student's undergraduate GPA, standardized test scores, and demographics. Through correlation analysis, this study examined the relationships between the criterion, graduate GPA, and the predictor variables. The entire sample was analyzed and then divided by academic program to determine predictor suitability across all programs. The study found that all predictors were not equally weighted across all academic programs. The study found that all predictors were significantly correlated with graduate GPA. Models were developed, by program, for use by the Institute during their student selection procedures.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GLM-LSR-91S-59

DTIC Accession Number

ADA246812

Comments

The author's Vita page is omitted.

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science

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