What is "casper"

CASPer, which stands for Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics, is an admissions test developed by researchers at McMaster University Medical School in 2010. The test is claimed to test a candidate's personal and non-cognitive attributes in an online format prior to the interview. The test has been in use at McMaster University Medical School since 2010. It was then piloted by Northern Ontario School of Medicine in 2014 for one cycle and subsequently discontinued for unknown reasons. In 2015 the test was adopted by three medical schools: the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New York Medical College. In 2015, the test was also adopted by the nursing schools at McMaster University, York University, Mohawk College and Conestoga College. In 2016, it was also adopted by Tulane University, Eastern Tennessee University and Central Michigan University's Schools of Medicine.

CASPer is now delivered by a for-profit Canadian corporation, Altus Assessments Inc., which is partly owned by McMaster University, as a minority shareholder and the authors of the original publication. In the only publication on CASPer, originally called "CMSENS", the authors conclude "It is important to note that predictive validity has not been completely established." and that "more investigation remains".

To date, no independent peer-reviewed publication has validated the efficacy of CASPer and given the conflict of interest by the original authors and McMaster University, claims of validity and predictability from these sources must be viewed with caution until further independent research is conducted.

Casper is a freestyle skateboarding trick that was invented by Bobby "Casper" Boyden in the late 1970s. Bo back foot from the board and uses his front foot to turn the board back to its normal position with a motion that resembles an impossible. The board is turned upside down with the tip of the tail on the ground acting as a fulcrum, the front foot under the front of the board holding it up acting as the effort, and the back foot resting on top of the back truck as the load. Note that the skateboarder's feet never touch the ground during this trick.

A modern casper is performed like a kickflip, but the skateboarder catches the board after it has flipped upside down and lands in the casper stance. A casper can be performed either when standing still or when moving. The balancing can also involve sliding on the tip of the tail. Exiting the trick can involve rotating. It is recommended that beginners learning to incorporate the Casper initiate the move while riding fakie; riding tail-first allows the use of momentum to assist in lifting the nose of the board.

The reverse of this trick is the Anti-casper which is the same principle only applied a half-impossible into a casper on the nose of the board.

A comprehensive demonstration of the Casper, including complex variations on the theme and tricks involving the Casper can be seen in the Rodney Mullen segment of the 1994 film Second Hand Smoke, by Plan B.

Casper is a given name.

Casper or Caspar may also refer to:

Casper is the shared name of several action-adventure games based on the 1995 film of the same name. Two different games were released in 1996 and 1997 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, by different publishers, in different regions. A third game was released for the 3DO (the final release for that system), Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color, published by Interplay Entertainment. There was also a Game Boy game.

"Casper", also known as 11 Rabbit, (August 8, 422 – 487?), was an ajaw of the Maya city of Palenque from August 9, 435 to 487. He was the immediate successor of K'uk' Bahlam I, who founded the ruling dynasty.

Casper came to power in August 435 at the age of 13 and ruled the city for 52 years. Only Pacal the Great is recorded to have ruled Palenque longer.

Casper ( c. 1997 – 14 January 2010) was a male domestic cat who attracted worldwide media attention in 2009 when it was reported that he was a regular bus commuter in Plymouth in Devon, England. He appeared on BBC News, was the subject of a newspaper editorial in The Guardian, and had a book written about him, Casper the Commuting Cat. Casper died on 14 January 2010 after being hit by a taxi.

Benjamin Griffey (born 25 September 1982), better known by his stage name Casper, is a German rapper signed to the German music label Four Music.

Casper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Billy Casper (1931–2015), American golfer
• Chris Casper (born 1975), English former footballer and football manager
• Dave Casper (born 1951), American professional football player
• Drew Casper, American film historian and theorist
• Gerhard Casper (born 1937), ninth president of Stanford University
• John Casper (born 1943), astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel
• Siegfried Jost Casper (born 1929), German biologist

Casper is a 1995 American fantasy comedy film directed by Brad Silberling, based on the Harvey Comics and cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman. The film also stars the voices of Malachi Pearson as the title character as well as Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, and Brad Garrett. The film makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to create the ghosts. It is much darker in tone in comparison to the cartoons, comics, sequels and spin offs. The film was released in cinemas on May 26, 1995 by Universal Pictures. Casper received mixed reviews from critics and it earned $287.9 million on a $55 million budget.

Casper is a privately held, U.S. based, e-commerce company that sells mattresses online. Headquartered in New York City, the company has showrooms in New York and Los Angeles and mattresses are manufactured in both Georgia and Pennsylvania.