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Direct linkSayler, Micheal F.; Boazman, Janette; Natesan, Prathiba; Periathiruvadi, Sita – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Personal Well-being Index for Adults (PWI-A), a measure of subjective well-being. The study used data from 533 high-ability American college students: honors students and participants in an early college entrance program. In earlier studies using the PWI-A, the instrument appeared to show…
Descriptors: Well Being, Academically Gifted, College Students, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedHouser, Latisha Cheree-Square; An, Shuhua – Urban Education, 2015
This study examined how gender; race/ethnicity; language; socioeconomic status; California Standards Test (CST) scores in mathematics, science, and ELA; and California High School Exit Exam mathematics predict college-ready results on the Early Assessment Program (EAP) in mathematics in urban areas of southern California. Approximately 1,700 high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Minority Group Students, College Readiness, Standardized Tests
Camp, Amanda G.; Gilleland, Diane S.; Pearson, Carolyn; Vander Putten, James – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2010
The intent of this study was to investigate characteristics that differentiate between women in soft (social, psychological, and life sciences) and hard (engineering, mathematics, computer science, physical science) science and engineering disciplines. Using the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study: 1996-2001 (2002), a descriptive…
Descriptors: Females, Student Characteristics, College Students, Differences
Ukpabi, Chinasa Victor – Educational Research Quarterly, 2008
The primary purpose of this study was to specify the variables that would play the greatest role in predicting success of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) nursing graduates in the National Certification Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Participants for this study include a convenience sample of 39 students who…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Predictor Variables, Discriminant Analysis
Morris, Libby V.; Wu, Sz-Shyan; Finnegan, Catherine L. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2005
A classification rule was developed to predict undergraduate students' withdrawal from or completion of fully online general education courses. A multivariate technique, predictive discriminant analysis (PDA), was used. High school grade point average and SAT mathematics score were shown to be related to retention in the online university courses.…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, General Education, Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average
Download full textTracey, Terence J.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1986
Random samples of 1979 and 1980 entering freshmen were given the Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ), which was designed to assess noncognitive dimensions predicting minority student academic success. The validity of the NCQ in predicting graduation after five and six years was determined. The graduation rate was found to differ significantly for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, Community Involvement, Discriminant Analysis
Spiro, Louis M. – 1978
Student market segmentation separates prospective college students into subgroups with similar characteristics, the most commonly used being geography, demography, attitudes, and behavior. Recruitment efforts can then focus on student segments similar to the present student body or on other students that might be attracted. The goal is to make…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Cluster Analysis, College Bound Students
