Predictive validity of the senior aptitude tests for Indian South Africans (SATISA)

It is vital that a person should make the correct vocational choice and the role played by the guidance teacher in this regard in administering and interpreting tests, remains a very important aspect of education. In this connection a survey was conducted to establish the relation between the test achieve-ments of Indian matriculants in the Senior Aptitude Tests for Indian South Africans (SATISA) and their matriculation exami-nation marks, with a view to shedding more light on the ef-ficacy of the SATISA in predicting academic achievement. The total population of 1977 matriculants was tested and data analysis was done separately for boys and girls. Eight subjects which represent different fields of study were selected to serve as criteria for the survey. S. Afr. J. Psychol. 1983, 13: 112-118 Die noodsaakllkheid van 'n korrekte beroepskeuse deur 'n per-soon en die verantwoordelike rol wat die voorligteronderwyser-hlerin speel deur toetse af te neem en te interpreteer, bly een van die belangrikste aspekte van die opvoeding. As komponent van die taak is 'n ondersoek gedoen om die verband tussen die toetsprestasies van Indlerrnatrikulante in die Senior Aanlegtoetse vir lndler-Suld-Afrikaners (SATISA) en hul matrikulasie-eksamenpunte te bepaal, met die doel om meer IIg te werp op die voorspellingsdoeltreffendheid van die toetse van die SATISA. Die totale populasie van die 1977 matrikulante is getoets en data-ontleding is vir seuns en meisies afson-derlik gedoen. 'n Seleksie van agt skoolvakke wat onderskeie studierigtings verteenwoordig, is gemaak wat dien as die kriteria vir die ondersoek