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Download full textPERLBERG, ARYE – 1968
A LONGITUDINAL STUDY (HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE) WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO INVESTIGATE ACADEMIC PREDICTORS AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO PREDICTION. FOR FOUR YEARS, THREE CLASSES OF 1,087 ENGINEERING STUDENTS WERE FOLLOWED. INTELLECTIVE PREDICTORS AND ACADEMIC CRITERIA ALONE WERE INVESTIGATED. HIGH SCHOOL AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Foreign Countries
HILLS, JOHN R. – 1965
STUDIES OF ACHIEVEMENT OF TRANSFER STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY (1) EXPERIENCE AN APPRECIABLE DROP IN GRADES IN THEIR FIRST SEMESTER AFTER TRANSFER, (2) SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVER PART OR ALL OF THIS LOSS, (3) EARN LOWER TOTAL GRADE POINT AVERAGES THAN DO NATIVE STUDENTS, (4) EXPERIENCE GREATEST DIFFICULTY IN MATHEMATICALLY ORIENTED PROGRAMS AND AT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Grade Point Average
JEX, FRANK B. – 1966
THESE TABLES ARE INTENDED TO PREDICT WHICH UTAH COLLEGE CURRICULUM GIVES A STUDENT THE MOST LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS. THEY USE HIGH SCHOOL AVERAGE (HSA) AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OR APTITUDE TESTS. THE STUDY IS DESIGNED ON CONCLUSIONS FROM EARLIER WORK--(1) THE MAIN HURDLE FOR THE FRESHMAN IS THE REQUIRED GENERAL EDUCATION CORE, (2) GPA'S ARE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, Grades (Scholastic)
INGLE, RONALD R.; MEADOWS, MARK E. – 1967
KENNESAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, HAVING OBSERVED THE PLIGHT OF THE STUDENT WHOSE LOW GPA MADE HIM INELIGIBLE TO RETURN TO HIS SENIOR COLLEGE, FELT THAT THIS GPA WAS INSUFFICIENT REASON TO DENY HIM A SECOND CHANCE. INSTEAD, KENNESAW DECIDED TO JUDGE HIM NOT ONLY BY HIS COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT, BUT ALSO BY HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADES AND HIS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Grade Prediction
LEWIS, HAZEL M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS PROJECT STUDIED THE PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF STUDENTS WHOSE GRADE POINT AVERAGES (GPA) DEVIATED FROM A PREDICTED VALUE. THE SUBJECTS, 243 PUPILS ENTERING THE 10TH GRADE, WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS--THOSE WHO ACHIEVED AS EXPECTED, THOSE WHO ACHIEVED BETTER THAN EXPECTED, AND THOSE WHO ACHIEVED LOWER THAN EXPECTED. THESE GROUPS…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Grade Point Average, High Schools, Individual Characteristics
Gackenbach, Jayne; And Others – 1980
The well-meaning liberal male (WMLM) is a man who talks a liberal stereotype but behaves inconsistently with his professed beliefs. Using Ajzen and Fishbein's model of behavioral prediction based on attitudinal assessment, males identified as WMLM's, sincere liberals, and traditionalists from the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) were compared.…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Congruence (Psychology)
Coats, Boyne; Napier, Lee – 1980
Achievement patterns of one hundred first-grade children are investigated with respect to socioeconomic status and kindergarten attendance. Twenty-five pupils were selected from each of the following groups: (1) middle socioeconomic levels who attended kindergarten; (2) middle levels who did not; (3) lower socioeconomic levels who attended…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 1
Twa, Jim; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this study was to validate on a second sample of student teachers, prediction equations developed to predict performance in student teaching. The study was part of a longitudinal project. Equations tested in this study were produced in a previous study by subjecting to multiple regression techniques six biographical and 40…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Program Evaluation
Lind, Douglas A. – 1979
The use of subjective probability as a theoretical model for enrollment forecasting is proposed, and the results of an application of subjective probability to enrollment forecasting at the University of Toledo are reported. Subjective probability can be used as an enrollment forecasting technique for both headcount and full-time equivalent using…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Conference Reports, Enrollment Projections, Higher Education
Newman, Isadore; And Others – 1979
A Monte Carlo study was conducted to estimate the efficiency of and the relationship between five equations and the use of cross validation as methods for estimating shrinkage in multiple correlations. Two of the methods were intended to estimate shrinkage to population values and the other methods were intended to estimate shrinkage from sample…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematical Formulas, Monte Carlo Methods, Multiple Regression Analysis
Johnston, Denis F. – 1979
The paper identifies major types of social indicators and explains how they can be used in social forecasting. Social indicators are defined as statistical measures relating to major areas of social concern and/or individual well being. Examples of social indicators are projections, forecasts, outlook statements, time-series statistics, and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Measurement Instruments, Policy Formation, Prediction
Walz, Garry R.; Benjamin, Libby – 1979
Some generalizations drawn from the literature on futurism are set forth in this monograph. Possible social and behavioral consequences of these as they relate to the work of the counselor are projected. The document then suggests some ways counselors can help clients to create rewarding personal futures, and describes a futures studies program…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Counselors
Huberty, Carl J.; Mourad, Salah A. – 1979
Methods for ordering and selecting variables for discriminant analysis in multiple group comparison or group prediction studies include: univariate Fs, stepwise analysis, learning discriminant function (LDF) variable correlations, communalities, LDF standardized coefficients, and weighted standardized coefficients. Five indices based on distance,…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Group Membership, Groups
MEIER, ROBERT C. – 1967
THIS PAPER IS A REPORT ON A RESEARCH PROJECT UNDERTAKEN TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER PROGRAM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE PERIOD-BY-PERIOD ESTIMATES OF FUTURE LAND, BUILDING, AND STAFF REQUIREMENTS UNDER VARIOUS ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE STUDENT BODY, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, LEVEL OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY, LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND CHARACTER…
Descriptors: Charts, College Buildings, College Planning, Computer Programs
Cooley, William W.; Lohnes, Paul R. – 1968
The primary purpose of this monograph is to describe the relationship between adolescent personality and the educational and vocational development of young adults, criteria for the latter being developed from the Project TALENT follow-up studies. This relationship seeking is set in a context of career development theory and a concern for guidance…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, College Students, Followup Studies
