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Linn, Robert L.; Dunbar, Stephen B. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1982
Presents the drastic effects that selection on several variables can sometimes have on the validity of predictor variables. Discusses practical implications of correcting correlations for selection effects and reporting results of validity studies. (Author)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Students, Correlation
Peer reviewedHoward, George S.; Myers, Paul R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1990
Discusses why agentic and idiographic approaches (in combination with more typical nomothetic, nonagentic studies) may enhance the predictive accuracy of psychological experiments. Presents study on exercise behavior of 42 college student subjects and analyzes it from 3 perspectives: nonagentic-nomothetic, nonagentic-idiographic, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Exercise, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCarter, Shirley A. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1985
Describes how exclusive reliance on traditional achievement measures as indices of intellectual potential, and the ensuing competition among nursing schools for the most academically able students, has created a caste system that has left the task of educating the "less able" to Black collegiate institutions. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Colleges, Black Students
Peer reviewedFairweather, Malcolm – College Student Journal, 1981
Assessed the spatial dimension of college enrollment and develops a model explaining the distributional patterns. The potential model uses migration theory and statistical techniques and has accurately predicted student enrollment patterns in the United States and Great Britain. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Students, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
Bernknopf, Stan; And Others – 1979
The effectiveness of a model for determining a minimal cut-off score for criterion-referenced tests was examined. The model, based upon techniques presented originally by Nedelsky and by Angoff, was first used in conjunction with a multiple choice test developed for use in certifying school counselors in Georgia. A "knowledge estimation panel" was…
Descriptors: Counselor Certification, Court Litigation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Peer reviewedRemus, William; Wong, Clara – College Student Journal, 1982
Evaluates the effectiveness of five admission models in predicting student performance in a Masters of Business Administration program. Found the regression model predicts graduate success better than the other models, but none of the models improved upon the admission officer's judgment. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, Business Administration Education
Download full textCalifornia State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1979
Results of the annual state survey of faculty salaries in California colleges and universities are presented and analyzed in two parts: the University of California and the California State University and Colleges, and the California Community Colleges. For the four-year institutions, a history of the salary reports is given and certain funding…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Economic Climate
