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Haowen Zheng; Siwei Cheng – Sociological Methods & Research, 2025
How well can individuals' parental background and previous life experiences predict their mid-life socioeconomic status (SES) attainment? This question is central to stratification research, as a strong power of earlier experiences in predicting later-life outcomes signals substantial intra- or intergenerational status persistence, or put simply,…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Adults, Parent Background, Social Stratification
Jose Silva-Lugo; Heather Maness – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2025
The study provides a detailed methodological approach, cross-industry standard process for data mining, for predicting at-risk students with an imbalanced class. The objective was to identify the best machine learning model for predicting students at risk of failing the course during weeks 2-8 of the semester. We encountered issues in the dataset,…
Descriptors: Prediction, Predictor Variables, At Risk Students, Information Retrieval
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Sara A. Schmitt; Robert J. Duncan; Tanya M. Paes; Deborah Lowe Vandell – Child Development, 2025
The goal of this study was to identify the onset and magnitude of prediction of early cognition to adult socioeconomic outcomes. Specifically, we were interested in examining which cognitive skills measured at 15, 24, 36, and 54 months predict educational attainment and salary at age 26. Data (N = 1364, 52% male) included a diverse sample (76%…
Descriptors: Prediction, Cognitive Ability, Thinking Skills, Socioeconomic Status