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Dey, Eric L.; Astin, Alexander W. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
This study explored how logit, probit, and more traditional linear regression techniques compare in predicting college student retention, using data provided by registrars from a national sample of colleges and universities. Results showed little practical difference among the techniques, despite theoretical advantages offered by the first two.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1992
This report presents survey data (from 216,362 students at 403 higher education institutions) on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. The normative data presented are reported separately for men and for women and for 35 different groupings of institutions. The major…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Freshmen, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1990
This report presents survey data (from 194,182 students at 382 higher education institutions) on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. The normative data presented are reported separately for men and for women and for 35 different groupings of institutions. The major…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Freshmen, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1984
National normative data on characteristics of students entering college as first-time, full-time freshmen are presented, based on the results of the fall 1984 Cooperative Research Program survey. The data are weighted to represent the population of freshmen. Extensive statistical data are reported separately for women and men, and for 37…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy