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Burke, Janet; Cartwright, Noel – 1988
In April 1987, a pilot study was undertaken to develop an instrument designed to assess the effects of life events on undergraduate students' academic performance. Focus was on the design and construction of the instrument--the Life Events and Academic Performance Questionnaire (LEAPQ). Subjects were 75 male and 75 female undergraduates at a large…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biographical Inventories, Demography, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMichael, William B.; Colson, Kenneth R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The construction and validation of the Life Experience Inventory (LEI) for the identification of creative electrical engineers are described. Using the number of patents held or pending as a criterion measure, the LEI was found to have high concurrent validity. (JKS)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Creativity Tests, Electrical Occupations, Engineers
Download full textStricker, Lawrence J. – 1989
The aim of this study was to construct and validate a biographical inventory to measure personality traits that are predictive of leadership. The experimental inventory, consisting of tentative scales for Dominance, Emotional Stability, Need for Achievement, Self-Confidence, and Sociability, was administered to 642 incoming midshipmen at the Naval…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Biographical Inventories, Educational Assessment, Emotional Development
Hilton, Thomas L.; And Others – 1970
A five-year study was undertaken to develop criterion rating scales for predicting successful performance in graduate business study, as well as in later career progress. The scales embodied dimensions, other than grades, which were judged by a nationwide panel of faculty to be relevant to performance. The scales were defined and anchored by…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Business Administration, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Talbert, Robin – 1976
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) critical data base contains 151 items (plus background information) from the base year and followup questionnaires; about thirty-seven percent of all items. This set of critical items consists of: (1) basic demographic variables; (2) items necessary for defining activity states…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Databases, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Wilcove, Gerry L.; And Others – 1978
Two concerns led to the development of the screening test which is described: (1) the present 28% rate of attrition of Navy female first enlistees is too high; and (2) attrition is expected to increase when a high school diploma is no longer required for women to enter the Navy. Thus, a screening instrument was needed which could be used…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Biographical Inventories, Dropout Characteristics, Enlisted Personnel
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1974
This document supports the survey questionnaire to be administered to a sample of over 22,000 young adults in the second follow-up of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Data collection activities were scheduled to start in October 1974 and be completed by March 1975. The field test of the survey questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1987
In anticipation of the base-year survey of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a field test of the questionnaire and test items was conducted in 1987. NELS:88 is a national, longitudinal study designed to provide trend data about the critical transitions of young people as they develop, attend school, and enter the work…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Biographical Inventories
