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Prediction of College Persistence, Withdrawal, and Academic Dismissal: A Discriminant Analysis
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Bean, Andrew G.; Covert, Robert W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Purpose of this study was to discriminate among college persisters, withdrawals, and academic dismissals through using measures of scholastic aptitude and personality. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Students, Discriminant Analysis, Dropouts
Prediction of School Failure from Third-Grade Data.
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Lloyd, Dee Norman – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Background characteristics, school performance, and achievement test data were analyzed for 788 third-grade boys and 774 third-grade girls who were known later to have become high school dropouts or graduates. As early as the third grade a variety of variables were predictive of later status. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure