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Peer reviewedGardner, Don E. – Research in Higher Education, 1981
The merits of double exponential smoothing are discussed relative to other types of pattern-based enrollment forecasting methods. The basic assumptions and formulas for its use are outlined. The difficulties associated with selecting an appropriate weight factor are discussed, and the potential effect on prediction results is illustrated.…
Descriptors: Colleges, Enrollment Projections, Exponents (Mathematics), Higher Education
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
