Predicting success in sight-singing

Abstract

A multiple correlation of .84 was obtained between scores on "a very objective performance test" of sight-singing and scores on the Seashore music tests, a college achievement test and the American Council Psychological Examination. A regression equation is developed through the use of the path coefficient technique for determining the relative influence of the three variables in predicting success in sight-singing. "In determining probable success in music, musical talent tests are about two and one-half times as indicative as intelligence tests, and twenty-five times as effective as tests of general knowledge of school subjects." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)