A comparison of three student selection procedures in terms of efficiency

• Main Authors: DECAESTEKER, Christoph, COETSIER, Pol, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5732; https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2000.20000728
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In many countries the implementation of a selection/admission system as a gatekeeper to enter higher education is surrounded by controversy. This study examines three possible selection/admission procedures (i.e., no admission exam: N = 495; admission exam with cognitive ability and situational tests: N = 1245; admission exam with achievement, cognitive ability and situational tests: N = 915) in terms of efficiency. Efficiency was defined as the extent to which so-called true positives are not selected in order to eliminate one true negative. The selection/admission procedure consisting of cognitive ability and situational tests was found to be most efficient.