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Peer reviewedNagi, John L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Intended to determine the validity of the total score on the Graduate Record Examinations Aptitude Test (GRE) and of the score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) as predictors of a criterion of completion or noncompletion of the Doctoral Program in Educational Administration at State University of New York at Albany. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Doctoral Programs, Dropouts, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedDolliver, Robert H.; Kunce, Joseph T. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1973
Statistically significant relationships were found between dropping out and occupation and between dropping out and the accuracy of the SVIB. Such relationships may influence results of follow-up studies on the validity of the SVIB. (Author)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Followup Studies, Interest Inventories, Occupational Surveys
Smith, John E.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1971
The purpose of this study was to construct a scale to discriminate between those students who are likely to drop out of school and those who are not. The results indicate that this must be only the first of many steps. (Author)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Research
Download full textSharon, Amiel T. – 1972
The primary use of the Tests of General Educational Development (GED) is to appraise the educational development of adults who have not completed their formal high school education. The significance of these tests for higher education lies in their extensive use in admission of non-high-school-graduate adults to college. This study has three major…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Students, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Feitz, Robert H. – 1973
This study looked at Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) scores by race in relation to medical college status. It was found that promoted students differed significantly on all four MCAT subtests from those dismissed for academic difficulties and those repeating a year. For both black and white racial groups, the latter two status categories…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Dropouts, Expectancy Tables, Failure
Smith, John E.; And Others
The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a self-rating scale which can be easily administered and quickly scored for discriminating between those high school students who will dropout and those who will not. A 34-item scale was constructed for subjects with a fifth grade reading level. This scale was administered to 113 high school…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, High School Students
Sharon, Amiel T. – 1971
The use and validity of the tests of General Educational Development and the College-Level Examination Program, two measures by which adults with nontraditional educational backgrounds can demonstrate their previous educational achievement, are discussed. (AG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education
