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Download full textBrown, David Lile – 1974
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide evidence bearing on the question of the influence of the grades students receive on their ratings of the college teachers who gave them those grades. Specifically, certain characteristics of the grade distribution within each course section are evaluated as predictors of the students' ratings of the…
Descriptors: Bias, Factor Analysis, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Richardson, Mary W. – 1978
This study investigated the value of the Advanced Placement English course in New York State secondary schools, the college performances of former Advanced Placement and Non-Advanced Placement English participants, the best predictor of accelerants' performances in the first college English course, and which predictors, when combined, stabilized…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, English Curriculum
Hubbard, Robert L. – 1974
The research had four purposes: describe the concept of future orientation; develop measures of future constructs; determine the impact of background, labor markets, and job training on future orientations; and evaluate the validity of the measures as predictors of training outcomes and economic success. Data were collected from a sample of men in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Employee Attitudes, Futures (of Society)
Forest, Robert F. – 1978
The purpose of the study was to compare the undergraduate grade point average with the graduate index to ascertain whether the former could be used as a predictor of graduate success for students in the Leadership-Administration Emphasis, with an eye to using it in the graduate admissions process. Data on the 60 students enrolled in the program…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Educational Administration
Soetrisno, Heru – 1975
A study of the U.S. Navy officer students who were registered in the Operations Research/System Analysis curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in spring, 1974, was conducted using biographical data, the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, and the Graduate Record Examination to develop an equation predicting academic performance of U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Biographical Inventories, Grade Prediction
Bistreich, Alan M. – 1977
The validity of seven criteria utilized in conjunction with personal interviews and School and College Ability Test scores in the selection of applicants for admission to four Allied Health programs was investigated. The independent predictor variables studied were high school grade point average (GPA), the number of high school natural science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission, Community Colleges
