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Factors Influencing the Completion of the GED in a Federal Correctional Setting a Multiple Regression Correlation-Predictive Study
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Akers, Kimberly – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Correctional education's primary goal is to reduce recidivism and increase employment among ex-offenders. The Bureau of Prison's practical goal in its mandatory GED program is to maximize the number of inmates obtaining the GED in a given time period. The purpose of this research is to model the number of instructional hours an inmate requires to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, High School Equivalency Programs, Criminals
A Validity and Multiple Regression Study of Performance in the GEPI as a Predictor for Performance on the GED.
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Musgrove, Walter J.; Musgrove, Glenn J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1979
This study attempts to determine the relationship between the subtests of the General Education Performance Index (GEPI) and the revised version of the General Educational Development Test (GED), and reports a technique whereby performance on the GEPI may be used to predict performance on the GED. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, High School Equivalency Programs, Multiple Regression Analysis
Gender and Attitudes toward Computers and Calculators: Their Relationship to Math Performance.
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Munger, Gail F.; Loyd, Brenda H. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Describes study of 60 high school students that examined the relationship between mathematics performance, students' attitudes toward computers and calculators, and whether the relationship is similar for males and females. Results indicate that both male and female students with more positive attitudes toward computers and calculators perform…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Calculators, Computer Assisted Instruction