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Peer reviewedWilson, Kenneth M. – Research in Higher Education, 1976
Results of this study of eight liberal arts colleges, traditionally women's colleges, suggest that multiple-discriminant analysis provides a rigorous and practical basis for adding an important and largely unexplored between-group dimension to studies in the prediction of within-group performance. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1983
The criterion most frequently used in studies designed to assess the predictive validity of measures used in college admission has been the freshman-year grade point average (GPA). It is not self-evident that the first-year GPA provides either a sufficient or a representative sample of a student's academic performance. Questions have been raised…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedWilson, Kenneth M. – Research in Higher Education, 1981
The performance of minority and nonminority students in four successive entering classes at a highly selective college were compared. Graduation rates were comparable, but the two groups were found to be sharply differentiated with respect to cumulative grade point average. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Download full textWilson, Kenneth M. – 1978
A longitudinal analysis of the records of performance of cohorts of minority and nonminority students in two different undergraduate settings was used to determine the predictive validity of admissions tests and school rank in determining long range and short range outcomes for college students. It was also hypothesized that the performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Cohort Analysis, College Students
Wilson, Kenneth M.; Tillberg, Rebecca – 1994
A study was undertaken to obtain direct empirical evidence for the validity and usefulness of English as a second language (ESL) placement of a shortened version of the Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) Test being used in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and locally developed and scored writing tests. The LACCD provided…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Correlation
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1973
Performance on The Scholastic Aptitude Test-Verbal (SAT-V) and Mathematical (SAT-M), the applicant's rank in class or Converted Secondary School Rank (Rank), and the applicant's general level of measured secondary school achievement as indicated by the Average of CEEB Achievement Tests (ACH AV) has been used by Vassar College as admissions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1979
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Cooperative Validity Studies Project began in 1975 to fill the need for cooperation between graduate schools and testing agencies and for graduate level validity studies. More than 150 data sets from the 39 participating schools, representing over 19 fields of study, were analyzed. The data confirmed earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, College Entrance Examinations, Departments
