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Hanson, Gary R.; Taylor, Ronald G. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine if four groups of engineering students differing in academic success and persistence could be discriminated on the basis of personality characteristics. Two personality dimensions discriminated: one dimension was described in terms of other-directed characteristics; the other in terms of self-directed…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Individual Characteristics, Measurement, Persistence
