ERIC Number: EJ1126471
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1947-380X
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Prediction Modeling for Academic Success in Professional Master's Athletic Training Programs
Bruce, Scott L.; Crawford, Elizabeth; Wilkerson, Gary B.; Rausch, David; Dale, R. Barry; Harris, Martina
Athletic Training Education Journal, v11 n4 p194-207 Oct-Dec 2016
Context: A common goal of professional education programs is to recruit the students best suited for the professional career. Selection of students can be a difficult process, especially if the number of qualified candidates exceeds the number of available positions. The ability to predict academic success in any profession has been a challenging proposition. No studies to date have examined admission predictors of professional master's athletic training programs (PMATP). Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify program applicant characteristics that are most likely to predict academic success within a PMATP. Design: Cohort-based. Setting: University professional PMATP. Patients or Other Participants: A cohort of 119 students who attended a PMATP for at least 1 year. Intervention(s): Common application data from subjects' applications to the university and the PMATP were gathered and used to create the prediction models. Main Outcome Measure(s): Sensitivity, specificity, odds ratio, and relative frequency of success were used to determine the strongest set of predictors. Results: Multiple logistic regression analyses yielded a 3-factor model for prediction of success in the PMATP (undergraduate grade point average = 3.18; Graduate Record Examination quantitative [percentile rank] = 141.5 [=12]; taking calculus as an undergraduate). A student with =2 predictors had an odds ratio of 17.94 and a relative frequency of success of 2.13 for being successful in the PMATP. This model correctly predicted 90.5% of PMATP success. Conclusions: It is possible to predict academic success in a PMATP based on common application data.
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Allied Health Occupations Education, Athletics, College Admission, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, College Applicants, Student Characteristics, Cohort Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Grade Point Average, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Graduate Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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