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McElroy, W. D. – Science, 1972
Descriptors: Editorials, Foundation Programs, Natural Sciences, Prediction
Kay, Patricia M.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1971
This paper describes a method for selecting tests to identify educational deficiencies of incoming university freshmen. On the basis of pilot study results, the Stanford High School Reading and Advanced Mathematics Computation Tests were administered to the population of incoming freshmen. Sample results closely approximated population results.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Prediction
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Szabo, Michael; Feldhusen, John F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Different learner characteristics are related to success in audio-tutorial and traditional" courses when step-wise multiple regression analysis is used. (AL)
Descriptors: Achievement, Autoinstructional Aids, Biology, College Science
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Wellens, A. Rodney; Thistlethwaite, Donald L. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation
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Meleca, C. Benjamin – Bioscience, 1970
Simple and relatively nonmathematical explanation of rationale and interpretation of single and multiple regression analysis. Application to prediction of student achievement in college biology. (EB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, College Science, Educational Research
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Levine, Frederic J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971
Wolitzky's theoretical objections to the premises of a recent study by Levine are traced to some misunderstandings of the study's rationale, and to a difference in definition of the concept of constricted versus flexible control. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Creativity, Individual Characteristics, Information Processing
Toms, John G.; Brewer, James K. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1971
Presented and applied to a sample of 239 vocational rehabilitation clients is a discrete multivariate classification procedure for predicting vocational rehabilitation outcomes using several background characteristic combinations. Several cost-of-misclassification functions are proposed. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Discriminant Analysis, Prediction, Predictive Measurement
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Hinton, George C.; Knights, Robert M. – Exceptional Children, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies, Learning Disabilities
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Frank, Austin C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1971
In testing the Academic Achievement scale, no relationship was found to persistence or between entering first-year Academic Achievement scale scores and 4-year grade point average. Comparisons with a scholastic ability test were unfavorable, other results ambiguous, and caution seems indicated in using the scale. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measurement, Prediction, Predictive Measurement
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Clum, George A.; Hoiberg, Anne L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971
Biographical variables, available at the time of admission to a psychiatric service, were used to predict posthospital adjustment to military life. Variables which were reliable prognostic indicators included occupational specialty, number of children, wife's attitude, solitariness of work, length of service, diagnosis, and recognition for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Biographies, Military Personnel, Prediction
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Dubey, Sumati N.; Grant, Morris L. – Social Casework, 1970
Recent studies show that powerlessness is an important variable in predicting behavioral and attitudinal patterns, and is related to environmental factors. (DM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Black Attitudes, Environmental Influences
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Gelso, Charles J.; And Others – College and University, 1971
Study to determine environmental changes at South Georgia College, how it occurs and how measurable. (IR)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Data Analysis, Educational Environment
Gough, Harrison G.; Kirk, Barbara A. – Meas Evaluation Guidance, 1970
Attempts to predict performance in dental school from individual scales of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) have yielded equivocal results. A five scale regression equation to predict grades and faculty ratings suggested implications of dependability, conscientiousness, and perserverance at one pole and impulsiveness, carelessness, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Aptitude, College Students
McGee, James P.; And Others – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Exceptional Child Research, Expectation, Mental Retardation
Thomas, Charles Leo; Stanley, Julian C. – J Educ Meas, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Students, Grade Prediction
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