Investigating the Results: A Criminologists Licensure Exam Study
14 Pages Posted: 12 May 2015
Date Written: May 11, 2015
Abstract
The study revealed that the board examination for the criminologists showed marginal improvement though the year-end examinations lag behind compared to mid-year exams.
Looking at the causal relationship of the academic performance with board examination indicated no influence of the latter with the former. However, a further investigation revealed that students were faring impressively in the licensure examination. The discord between academic performance and the board outcome may be attributed to stringent assessment given by the program to its would-be takers.
It was also observed that of the 6 subjects in the board exam, one subject did not show statistical significance, while the strongest predictor of the board is criminal jurisprudence and procedure, law enforcement administration and the criminal sociology. The threshold score which may be observed by the college to determine readiness is a rating of 75 (or 70 using a 5% margin of error).
Keywords: predictors, licensure exam, criminology, Mindanao
JEL Classification: C15, C51, H40, I21
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