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Bruce, Scott L.; Crawford, Elizabeth; Wilkerson, Gary B.; Rausch, David; Dale, R. Barry; Harris, Martina – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2016
Context: A common goal of professional education programs is to recruit the students best suited for the professional career. Selection of students can be a difficult process, especially if the number of qualified candidates exceeds the number of available positions. The ability to predict academic success in any profession has been a challenging…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Allied Health Occupations Education, Athletics, College Admission
Kingston, Neal; Turner, Nancy – 1984
This investigation examines the impact the l98l Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test Format Revision had on the stability over time of the verbal, quantitative, and analytical scores. Scores were used from the self-selected group of repeaters who took the GRE General Test twice between October 1980 and June 1982. Examinees were divided…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Powers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
After adjusting for different background characteristics of students, effects on test scores were related to the length and type of test coaching programs offered. The data suggest that the test item types in the Graduate Record Examination General Test appear to show little susceptibility to formal coaching experiences. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
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Anderson, Joan L. – College and University, 2006
Data from graduate student applications at a large Western university were used to determine which factors were the best predictors of success in graduate school, as defined by cumulative graduate grade point average. Two statistical models were employed and compared: artificial neural networking and simultaneous multiple regression. Both models…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, Success
Rock, Donald A.; And Others – 1971
The effects of college environments on student achievement on three GRE area achievement tests, when the initial ability of students was controlled were studied. A wide variety of environmental measures for 95 colleges were included. The method computed within-school regression lines, then colleges were clustered on regression lines, using a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude