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Department
Business Administration
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
2004
Abstract/Description
This study evaluates differences between two-year and four-year schools offering a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 147 aviation maintenance technician program. The actual average test scores were analyzed to determine whether students from four-year university programs were better prepared for the test than students from two-year college or technical school programs. Test scores can be viewed as a direct indication of the quality of the aviation maintenance programs at these schools. The study found that there was no statistically significant difference in the test scores between two-year college and four-year university students taking the FAA examinations. These results support previous studies that found the learning outcomes of two-year and four-year students on general subjects to be comparable.
Publication Title
Journal of Air Transportation
Publisher
University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute
Scholarly Commons Citation
Summey, J. B., Schultz, M. C., & Schultz, J. T. (2004). Are Four-Year Universities Better Than Two-Year Colleges at Preparing Students to Pass the FAA Aircraft Mechanic Certification Written Examinations?. Journal of Air Transportation, 9(1). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/54
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