AN APTITUDE TEST FOR PREDICTING SUCCESS IN A FIRST COURSE IN STATISTICS
Abstract Steps in the development of an aptitude test for the prediction of success in a first course in statistics are described in this paper, with stress placed upon actual success as the criterion of validity in selecting test items. A brief description of techniques, as well as a few typical items, is presented. * Presented at a joint meeting of the Biometrics Society, Eastern North American Region, and the American Statistical Association at Boston, December 28, 1951.