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conferred their baccalaureate degree. hieasures 9i‘ cadet pt2riurbance zec5
obtained Erom various phases of the 12-week W‘s program. Ke2sOfl for
terminating training was used to generate a Pass/Pail dichotomy rekiectirig
final training outcome for the total sample. Light aaditi.oLlaL measures of
performance were available for graduates (ti = Y,Yjo>. k'irlal Course Grade was
an overall rating of academic success in the training course obtained by
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GPA and colleges with cadet performance that were less complex than t;it? .ZIW
hypothesized by the starting model. Possible outcomes were an interaction
between GPA and college, but of a simpler functional form (either linear o'
curvilinear). Alternate models provided for a joint but noninteracting errec:,
due to GPA and college (with either a linear, quadratic, or ciibic form:!. i-1:
these cases expected performance would differ by coilege at fixed *;fLi vaize.+.
but the difference per unit change in GPA would be constant. I';1 e L s .-Cd._ P .c *
complex models specified an effect due solely to GPA (Linear, qu;l(iratill. -:i.:
cubic) or solely to college.
To isolate the "best" model, pairs of models were C 2; :.;:L
most appropriate model for each criterion.
Results of GPA Validation
Simple GPA effects were found for all criteriri except the pa.ss! c2.l i
dichotomy. As shown in Table 1, the bivariate correlations kt;jecn :::-T .i::
performance criteria and GPA indicate low to medium-Low p