Validity Studies Using the Comprehensive Ability Battery (CAB): IV. Predicting Achievement at the University Level

Abstract

Results of two studies are presented in which university-level examinees were administered certain tests of the Comprehensive Ability Battery (CAB). In the first study, 71 male and 95 female university freshmen were given six CAB tests— V, N, Sp, I, Ma, and Cf. Year-end course grades in six subject areas were obtained for use as criteria, and two averages were computed for this purpose as well. The six CAB tests, along with four linear composites based on them, were found to be correlated significantly, for the most part, with the various subject-area criteria. The composite measures yielded correlations at about the level as would tests in the SAT or ACT series. In the second study, 96 male and 120 female university students were administered three CAB test which fall in the divergent-production category, Fs, Fi, and O. Year-end course grades in Introductory Psychology were used as the criterion measure. The Fs and Fi measures, along with a simple linear composite of them, Cognitive Flexibility, were found to be significantly correlated with the criterion variable.