Airmen Written Testing: an Investigation in Test Legitimacy

dc.contributor.advisorBeckman, Wendyen_US
dc.contributor.authorCounts, Michael Aaronen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberFerrara, Ronalden_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospaceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T18:49:46Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T18:49:46Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-30en_US
dc.description.abstractBecoming an airman in America requires one to pass one or more Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) knowledge tests. For some airmen tests, commercially available study guides exist which contain a question and answer database nearly identical to the database used to generate official FAA knowledge tests. This research determined whether deliberate memorization of questions and answers from a commercially available source is a common study method. This research also examined whether airmen knowledge test applicants performed more poorly on an unpublished assessment of aeronautical knowledge than they performed on their official knowledge test. It was determined that 88% of research participants agreed or strongly agreed that they attempted to memorize questions and answers from a commercially available source while studying for their FAA knowledge test. Furthermore, on average applicants performed more poorly on an unpublished assessment of aeronautical knowledge than on their official FAA knowledge test. The difference was sufficient to be considered statistically significant when all research questions were retained. When the most ambiguous research question was omitted from the calculation of results, the statistical significance was lost.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3545
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectAirmenen_US
dc.subjectFAAen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectPiloten_US
dc.subjectTestingen_US
dc.subjectWrittenen_US
dc.subject.umiAerospace engineeringen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titleAirmen Written Testing: an Investigation in Test Legitimacyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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