This study of prediction of college success was designed to use the high school GPA and other variables, both cognitive and non-cognitive. It attempted to locate factors that would predict grades in English, mathematics, and biology, as well as predict the over-all GPA. Seven hundred students were examined. In college English, 49% of the variance…

For the American Council on Education's 51st meeting, the theme "The Future Academic Community" was chosen. The opinions and ratings of five groups of educational leaders were sought on the probability and desirability of a set of hypothetical events, conditions, or developments in 1968-78. The groups whose responses were solicited included…

The scientific implications and practical applications of the Stein estimator approach for estimating true scores from observed scores are of potentially great importance. The conceptual complexity is not much greater than that required for more conventional regression models. The empirical Bayesian aspect allows the examiner to incorporate…

Cross-lagged panel analysis was used to determine the causal relationship between arithmetic progress and two factors (concrete operational development and visuo-spatial figurative ability) in 28 learning disabled boys (9-12 years old). Results of seven operational tasks, five figurative tests, and a diagnostic arithmetic test administered early…

Empirical Bayes point estimates of true score may be obtained if the distribution of observed score for a fixed examinee is approximated in one of several ways by a well-known compound binomial model. The Bayes estimates of true score may be expressed in terms of the observed score distribution and the distribution of a hypothetical binomial test.…

Examined are methodologies for modeling students' choices among higher education institutions. A statistical technique called "conditional logit analysis" is applicable to the problem studied. These applications are reviewed and certain weaknesses inherent in the approach are pointed out. Alternative approaches are offered, based on the…

Empathy and stereotype accuracy of rehabilitation counselors attempting to preduct client responses on a problem inventory were studied. Results showed that all subject groups, pre-counselor through experienced counselor, with and without master's degrees, were able to make empathic and stereotype predictions at a level significantly better than…

This study used linear models developed by stepwise multiple regression to examine the relationship between performance at the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School and subsequent grade point average (GPA) at the USAF Academy. Data collected on Prep School graduates in the Academy classes of '71 through '77 who had completed at least…

Current policy on the distribution of incomplete grades designates such grades as indicating postponement of an examination and/or other assignment for some serious reason. The current policy of converting a grade of incomplete to F after some stated time interval is open to question. Current university policy on the automatic conversion of…

The freshman, sophomore and junior year grades of 126 black and 178 white freshmen entering the University of Maryland were used as criterion measures in this study on prediction of academic achievement as reflected in grades. Predictors included the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), high school grade point average (HSGPA), the California…

A study was undertaken with 64 children (3 to 5 years of age) whose IQs ranged from 50 to 150 to determine what learning center activities preschool children would choose when teachers were not present and to determine how accurately teachers would predict their students' choices. Activity areas to which the Ss went were recorded on video tape and…

Hoping to assure that the college remains responsive to the community, this study focuses on some of the factors which will affect Johnson County Community College's evolution over the next 20 years. Toward that end, the demographic features of Johnson County have been analyzed and projected as well as factors pertinent to and descriptive of…

This report presents abstracts of studies in progress and of research completed from 1957 through 1969. Included in the former are studies of merit scholars, talented Negro students, and participants in the national talent search. Completed studies are grouped under these major headings: characteristics of able students, progress of scholars, the…

This report presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to compare the achievement in beginning college physics of students completing PSSC high school physics with students completing a traditional high school physics course. Factors of ability and achievement were held constant while scores on the criterion of marks in…

Long-range biomedical manpower needs up to 1985 have been projected and the best estimate indicates that there will be an increase from 64,000 workers in 1965 to 150,000 in 1985. The related expenditure is expected to increase from 1.9 billion dollars to 15.7 billion dollars in the same period. Alternate predictions, based on other possible…