Princeton Review School Search

Heres the website: http://www.princetonreview.com/college/default.asp

you may have to log-in with a username and password, you can just use mine below:

username: gcloo1220@yahoo.com
password: nasa2008

Once you log-in, it may ask you for some background information on me (its assuming that I am in high school and looking at colleges to apply to). Just click the 'Continue' button at the bottom of the page.

Now you should be on the main page. You can search for any school in the search bar located on the bottom left side of the page. Make sure 'school' is selected instead of 'site' so it only returns matches to schools. Once you have searched for a school and selected it in the results page, you will be taken to a bio page on the school. On the left side of the page is a list of options, choose 'Statistics.' Admission Selectivity Rating is the first stat listed under General Information. You can click on the statistic name for a further explanation of the rating.

To go on to another school simply scroll down to the bottom of the page, and the same search box will be available on the far left again.

Data Sources

Ive posted the table of data sources on the research documents page. The paragraph describing the use of the Princeton Review school selectivity measure is below the table.

Big Five Personality Tests

Here are a few links to Big Five personality tests:

http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ - This one was developed by Dr. Frank Sulloway of UC Berkeley who studies the Big Five (gives it some credibility).

http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/newbig5.pl

General Aptitude Tests (GAT)

As we discussed, based on a lot of the research, a test of general mental ability seems to be the most reliable predictor of performance.

Ive found some good sample GATs.

Ive posted a good one on the Research Documents page (at the bottom), or you can visit this link for a list of samples.
https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/gat/gat.html#H2N400019

Now, I'm going to look for tests for integrity or conscientiousness, which could increase the validity of the predictor test when paired with the GAT.

Also this morning, I am getting all of my tax forms turned in and hopefully getting registered for NAMS. This will give me access to the performance evaluations.

This afternoon is the Human Resources Dept picnic out at a nearby state park (I'm not sure if you were there when they discussed this at the meeting on Tuesday), so I won't be in the office.

Background Website

This website provides a general background on the issue. A lot of the research I've done has talked about Conscientiousness, which is also addressed here. I think a good starting point for me tomorrow will be to review the sources.

http://www.smithfieldperformance.com/articles/tm/tmPE/tmPE001

Editing Research Documents

Here is the information for posting documents in the link.

www.googlepages.com

gjcloonan@gmail.com
nasa2008

The list of uploaded documents in on the far right of the screen (the upload option is at the bottom of the list). Once a document is uploaded, select the web page "High Performer Project" in the middle of the screen. Then, click into the text in the middle of the web page at the bottom of the list of documents. Choose the "Link" edit option in the top bar. Then choose "your files." Select the document and click "ok." After this, select "publish" at the top of the page. The document should now be available on the web page.

Getting Started

Here are some things we need:

A flow chart of the selection process used at NASA KSC.

Data on employees from the HR database.

• date of hire
• degrees and institutions attended
• college GPA
• Scores on standardized tests

Data from Performance Evaluations

• Distinguished performers
• Scaled scores

Data from the Skill List (RedWind)

Resume info on individuals from Resumex


Relevant literature on predicting work performance