This study compares the effectiveness of three models of multivariate prediction for academic success in identifying the criterion variance of achievement in nursing education. The first model involves the use of an optimum set of predictors and one equation derived from a regression analysis on first semester grade average in predicting the…

This study sought to describe, measure and analyze career patterns from early adolescence into early adulthood, and to measure vocational maturity in junior high school years and explore its predictive validity for subsequent career pattern events. Markov chain analysis was used for the first objective, and multiple discriminant analysis for the…

The Washington Pre-College (WPC) Testing Program, together with experimental tests administered in Spring 1969, was analyzed to instigate a new guidance system for high school juniors and seniors. Initially, WPC employed predictors established on an already selected intellectual group. New test predictors were needed to match the complexity of the…

This volume contains five state-of-the-knowledge papers commissioned by ERIC/CEA (now ERIC/CEM) and presented at a conference sponsored by ERIC/CEA and CASEA. The authors and the titles of the papers are: Willis W. Harman, "Nature of Our Changing Society: Implications for Schools"; Richard C. Williams, "Teacher Militancy: Implications for the…

The aim of this investigation was to determine whether the most effective prediction of freshman college achievement could be obtained through using raw scores from the Dogmation Scale, Gough-Sanford Rigidity Scale, California F Scale, and the Canadian Opinionation Scale or through using a set of factor scores extracted from a combination of the…

The primary effort of the study described is an examination of the effects of college environments on the aspirations, achievements, and attrition rates of disadvantaged students at the end of their freshman year. Subjects were 180 students all of whom were classified as being disadvantaged. The various variables in the study are presented and…

This study was designed to: (1) compare the contribution of various categories of biographical data (biodata) to the differentiation of college attenders and nonattenders, and (2) to assess the accuracy of biodata as a predictor of collete attendance. Subjects consisted of 20,367 high school senior males who participated in the 1960 data…

This workbook is for admissions officers who are interested in using a combination of objective test scores and high school grades to forecast an applicant's capacity for freshman academic work. It is intended as a nontechnical guide suitable for readers without any statistical training. It presents the procedures and computations necessary to…

Simulation is the process of synthetically manipulating the variables in a model of a system for the purpose of understanding, experimenting with, and predicting the behavior of that system. Many different models are now being developed by university administrators to aid them in making decisions. Simulation models have been developed for…

Four computer programs using the general purpose multiple linear regression program have been developed. Setwise regression analysis is a stepwise procedure for sets of variables; there will be as many steps as there are sets. Covarmlt allows a solution to the analysis of covariance design with multiple covariates. A third program has three…

Reported is an investigation designed to develop an instrument used to test congruence between (1) children's and scientists' perceptions of desirable attributes of scientists and (2) children's self-perception and scientists' perception of desirable attributes of scientists. The tests, which consist of 20 pairs of statements, are considered to be…

There is a need in the advertising industry for prediction--of the future in general, of the new communication technology, and of the implications for advertising. Studies of the future in other disciplines have identified at least four separate future trends relevant to prediction and preparation for the future in advertising: within specified…

A summary of the technical problems encountered in performing Bayesian m group regression is given. Grade-point averages for students entering a vocational-technical program are predicted using ability assessments from the Career Planning Profile (CPP), a development of The American College Testing Program (ACT). The theory derived by Lindley (see…

This investigation was an attempt to determine the best predictors of behavior, explanation, and composite scores for conservation of two-dimensional space, substance, continuous quantity and weight in non-retarded and retarded children. The subjects were 60 non-retarded children randomly selected from grades K-2 in one school, and 58 children…

The present research develops the argument that actual job duties are a significant determinant of job satisfaction, especially intrinsic satisfaction. It is further argued that the degree of fit between job duties and interests in these job duties should be related to satisfaction. To test these hypotheses, data were collected on job duties…