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An Analysis of the Academic Composites of ASVAB and the PSAT, the SAT, and ACT: A Correlation Study Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1986. DAI-A 47/07, p. 2554, January 1987 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Education, Guidance and Counseling; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Gender Differences; Hispanics; Racial Differences; Rural/Urban Differences; Vocational Guidance The primary purpose of the study was to determine the degree of correlation between the academic composites of the ASVAB and the math and verbal sections of the PSAT, SAT, and ACT. The study utilizes data taken from the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS). The sample of the study (N = 3,331) is identified as being extracted from the NLS national probability sample of the 1979 youth cohort. The sample is further identified according to the following subgroups: cohorts with ASVAB scores and PSAT scores (N = 1,332), cohorts with ASVAB scores and SAT scores (N = 920) and cohorts with ASVAB scores and ACT scores (N = 1079). Twenty-five hypotheses were tested using the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. It was found that the relationship (r) between the ASVAB academic composites and the math and verbal sections of the PSAT ranges between the correlation coefficients of .70 and .79; the relationship between the ASVAB academic composites and the math and verbal sections of the SAT ranges between the correlation coefficients of .78 and .85; and the relationship between the academic composites of the ASVAB and the math and verbal sections of the ACT ranges between the correlation coefficients of .66 and .79. With reference to the subsamples of the study the correlation coefficients for the male/female subsample ranges between .65 and .85, for the total Hispanic subsample between .63 and .80, for the total Black subsample between .62 and .84, for the total White subsample between .59 and .80, for the rural subsample between .68 and .82, and for the urban subsample between .65 and .85. The study is significant in that due to the positive relationship existing between the ASVAB academic composites and the math and verbal sections of the PSAT, SAT and ACT, the use of the ASVAB could be increased so as to provide a counseling tool for the college bound student. The ASVAB could, therefore, furnish the college counselor with an additional source of information to be considered when making important selection and placement decisions. |
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Douglas, Barbara Ellen. An Analysis of the Academic Composites of ASVAB and the PSAT, the SAT, and ACT: A Correlation Study. Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1986. DAI-A 47/07, p. 2554, January 1987. |