Validity of the Study Practices Inventory for Pharmacy Students

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ID20283597
AuthorsT Lee Willoughby (University of Missouri–Kansas City), Brenda Kelly (0000-0001-6828-5661, University of Missouri–Kansas City), Ula Casale (University of Missouri–Kansas City), Ula Price Casale (University of Missouri–Kansas City)
Year1979
Volume39
Issue2
Pages491-494
Publication date1979-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001316447903900232
OpenAlexW2170702550
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

The validity of the Study Practices Inventory (SPI) for a group of entering pharmacy students was assessed. The four subscores of the SPI were correlated with students' entering grade point average (GPA) and with their scores on the four subtests of the Nelson-Denny (ND) Reading Test. Statistically significant correlations included : (1) SPI-Systematic and Purposeful Study with GPA; (2) SPI-Total Score with GPA; (3) SPI-Verbal Comprehension with ND-Vocabulary ; and (4) SPI-Scholastic Motivation with ND subscores. Further analysis showed (1) that a significant correlation between ND-Vocabulary scores and GPA did exist and (2) that an optimally weighted combination of the total scores on the SPI and ND yielded a multiple correlation coefficient greater than the zero-order correlation of either the SPI or ND with GPA. The results were interpreted to indicate that the administration of both the SPI and the ND is likely to yield more valid prediction of academic achievement than that afforded by either instrument alone

Correlation · Family medicine · Linguistics · Reading (process) · Reading comprehension · Test (biology) · Vocabulary · Clinical Psychology · Innovations in Medical Education · Mathematics · Medical Education and Admissions · Medicine · Pharmacy · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing

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