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A Predictive Model for Retention at a Community College Using Non-Intellectual Variables.

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Rowe, Fred A.; Smith, Nancy M. – College and University, 1990

The Work Values Inventory and Self-Directed Search were used to predict retention of students in office occupation majors at Utah Valley Community College. The predictive model distinguished among students either retained (graduated, on-track, and "jobbed-out") and noncompleters. Noncompletion was correctly predicted for about 73 percent…

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropouts, Higher Education, Models

A Short-Term Forecasting Procedure for Institution Enrollments.

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Pfitzner, Charles Barry – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1987

Applies the Box-Jenkins time series methodology to enrollment data for the Virginia community college system. Describes the enrollment data set, the Box-Jenkins approach, and the forecasting results. Discusses the value of one-quarter ahead enrollment forecasts and implications for practice. Provides a technical discussion of the model. (DMM)

Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Enrollment Projections, Information Utilization

An Application of Bayesian M-Group Regression to Developmental Studies Programs in a Community College.

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Hinkle, Dennis E.; Polhamus, Edward C. – 1980

Classical multiple regression was compared with Bayesian m-group regression, complete with cross-validation. The setting was a post-developmental studies situation in a comprehensive community college. A secondary purpose of the study was to incorporate an advisor prediction of grade point average (GPA) as input into both regression procedures.…

Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Grade Point Average