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The Complex Route to Success: Complex Problem-Solving Skills in the Prediction of University Success
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Stadler, Matthias J.; Becker, Nicolas; Greiff, Samuel; Spinath, Frank M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Successful completion of a university degree is a complex matter. Based on considerations regarding the demands of acquiring a university degree, the aim of this paper was to investigate the utility of complex problem-solving (CPS) skills in the prediction of objective and subjective university success (SUS). The key finding of this study was that…
Descriptors: Success, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Problem Solving
Predictors of NCLEX-PN Success for Practical Nursing Students
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Eickhoff, Mary Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There is currently a nursing shortage in the United States. By 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) expects, the number of job openings for Practical Nurses (PN) will be 168,500, an increase of 25% over 2012 (BLS, 2014). Nursing education does not currently meet present, much less future needs. Nursing programs have limited space; according…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Predictor Variables, Success, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Variables Predictive of Success in Learning To Read
Brown, Don A. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adult Literacy, Correlation, Illiteracy
Effect of Selection Ratio on Correlations Between Admissions Criteria and Measures of Dental Student Success.
Yancey, John M.; Stewart, Arthur Van – 1978
Correlations between popular admissions indicies, including Dental Admission Test scores and pre-dental grade point average, and numerous measures of student success, such as National Board scores and grades, were compared for recently-graduated students from two dental schools with substantially different selection ratios. While the differences…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection, Correlation, Dental Schools
Identifying Student Characteristics Influencing Success in Introductory Computer Science Courses.
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Oman, Paul W. – AEDS Journal, 1986
Describes a study of 38 students at Eastern Oregon State College which identified mathematics proficiency as the key student characteristic leading to successful completion of computer science courses, and developed a model that accounts for 82 percent of the variation in students' final grades in computer courses for use by advisers. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Analysis of Variance, Computer Science Education
Analysis of the Ohio Occupational Achievement Tests.
Bauer, Robert – 1981
Validity of the Ohio Vocational Education Achievement Test Program (OVEATP) was studied by determining the correlation between test scores and job placement rates, job success rates, wages, and curriculum content. Performance on the 2 tests in the OVEATP--a general ability test and 1 of 25 occupational tests--was found to be moderately correlated.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Correlation, Curriculum
Problems of Prediction with College Education Achievement Project Students at Allen University.
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Hammond, Loretta T.; Rosick, Don C. – 1971
This study explored possible predictors of College Education Achievement Project students' success in college. Based on standardized test scores and teacher recommendations a multiple regression correlation was run with the grade point average of the first fifteen hours of regular college work. Correlations were run on male, female and combined…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Achievement Tests, College Admission