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Kartal, Ozgul; Dunya, Beyza Aksu; Diefes-Dux, Heidi A.; Zawojewski, Judith S. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
Critical to many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career paths is mathematical modeling--specifically, the creation and adaptation of mathematical models to solve problems in complex settings. Conventional standardized measures of mathematics achievement are not structured to directly assess this type of mathematical…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, STEM Education, Standardized Tests, Mathematics Achievement
Westrick, Paul A.; Allen, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2014
We examined the validity of using CompassĀ® test scores and high school grade point average (GPA) for placing students in first-year college courses and for identifying students at risk of not succeeding. Consistent with other research, the combination of high school GPA and Compass scores performed better than either measure used alone. Results…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, College Readiness, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing
Regression Methods for Categorical Dependent Variables: Effects on a Model of Student College Choice
Rapp, Kelly E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The use of categorical dependent variables with the classical linear regression model (CLRM) violates many of the model's assumptions and may result in biased estimates (Long, 1997; O'Connell, Goldstein, Rogers, & Peng, 2008). Many dependent variables of interest to educational researchers (e.g., professorial rank, educational attainment) are…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), College Choice, High School Seniors, Statistical Analysis
Smith, Patricia Joanne; Zagurski, John Thomas Vitus – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013
Since SAT and ACT tests have been long-suspected and then shown to contain class and race biases while not accurately predicting retention, the Schedler Honors College at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) shifted to a holistic, multi-criterion selection process, de-emphasizing standardized tests, and then analyzed the outcomes. This essay…
Descriptors: College Students, Honors Curriculum, College Admission, Standardized Tests
Luo, Mingchu; Williams, James E. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
Enrollment practitioners commonly discuss the effect of geographic factors on retention at rural or small-city institutions. This study examined the correlations between geographic characteristics of first-year college students' home location and their retention to the second year at a university located in a small city. The dimension of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Academic Persistence, Small Schools
Karabatsos, George; Walker, Stephen G. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Karabatsos and Walker (2011) introduced a new Bayesian nonparametric (BNP) regression model. Through analyses of real and simulated data, they showed that the BNP regression model outperforms other parametric and nonparametric regression models of common use, in terms of predictive accuracy of the outcome (dependent) variable. The other,…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Regression (Statistics), Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Inference
Settlage, Daniel Murray; Settlage, Latisha Ann – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The Major Field Test in Business (MFT-B) is a widely used end-of-program assessment tool; however, several challenges arise when using the test in this capacity. Changing student demographics and the lack of a statistical framework are two of the most vexing issues confronting educators when using the MFT-B for programmatic assessment. The authors…
Descriptors: Field Tests, Educational Change, Models, Academic Achievement
McCormick, Kimberly G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to contribute to the research body of literature regarding dual enrollment, the impact and effectiveness of the program, and its relationship to college persistence. The goal was to provide information useful to governing bodies, educational leaders, parents and students. The theoretical construct, defined through the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade Point Average, Public Colleges, High School Graduates
Harmston, Matt T. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2004
This study was intended to serve as an example of cross-validating results from student persistence prediction models that employed commonly available pre-college student characteristics. The study investigated whether the accuracy of predicting student persistence would vary because of the use of present-year vs. previous-year parameters on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Prediction, Models
Carlson, James E.; Spray, Judith A. – 1986
This paper discussed methods currently under study for use with multiple-response data. Besides using Bonferroni inequality methods to control type one error rate over a set of inferences involving multiple response data, a recently proposed methodology of plotting the p-values resulting from multiple significance tests was explored. Proficiency…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Data Analysis, Difficulty Level, Error of Measurement