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PDF pending restorationBean, John P. – 1979
The shortcomings of current research on student attrition are reviewed, and ways are described in which multiple regression, path analysis, and a recursive causal model can be used to better understand attrition. A review of the research shows that past theoretical models lack an adequate definition of variables which have resulted in their being…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Conference Reports, Critical Path Method, Demography
Wysocki, James C. – 1977
The performance of the University of Arizona College of Medicine's graduating class of 1976 on the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Parts I and II was analyzed in a structural equation model. Although the primary emphasis of this paper is toward model development, the effects of several background and demographic variables such as age,…
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
Mazzuca, Steven A.; Feldhusen, John F. – 1979
A theory, which proposed a hierarchy of determinants of student ratings of instruction, was tested. Situational variables such as class size, elective enrollment, and grade expectancy were hypothesized to be only indicators of more potent determiners. These motivational constructs were diversity of enrollment motives and subject matter interests,…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Class Size, Course Evaluation, Critical Path Method
