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The Consistency of High School Grade Point Average and of the Verbal and Mathematical Portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College Entrance Examination Board, as Predictors of College Performance: An Eight Year Study
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Larson, James R., Jr.; Scontrino, M. Peter – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
This study examines the validity of high school grade point average (GPA) and of the verbal and mathematical portions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College Entrance Examination Board, as predictors of college performance over an eight year period. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies
A Model of Statistics Achievement Using Spatial Ability, Feminist Attitudes and Mathematics-Related Variables as Predictors.
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Elmore, Patricia B.; Vasu, Ellen Storey – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
A number of measures were examined as predictors of graduate students' achievement in inferential statistics courses. The most important predictor variable set was attitudes toward feminist issues. Other predictors included mathematics attitude and masculinity-femininity. Sex-related differences were found on all variables except verbal and…
Descriptors: Feminism, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Achievement
Involvement, Ability, Performance, and Satisfaction as Predictors of College Attrition.
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Edwards, Jack E.; Waters, L.K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Measures of academic job involvement, verbal ability, academic performance, and satisfaction with courses and with college in general, obtained for 155 students during the freshman year, were correlated with attrition on a two-year followup. Freshman grade point average and satisfaction with college in general were two significant predictors of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction