Most enrollment management systems today use historical data to build rough forecasts of what percentage of students will likely accept an offer of enrollment based on historical acceptance rates. While this aggregate forecast method has its uses, we propose that building an enrollment model based on predicting an individual's likelihood of…

The purpose of this study was to assess the merit of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal as a pre-admission criterion in conjunction with the frequently utilized admission criteria of the college prerequisite grade point average and the National League of Nursing pre-admission test. Data were collected from 192 first-year nursing…

This article outlines shortcomings of currently used university admissions tests and discusses ways in which they could potentially be improved, summarizing two projects designed to enhance college and university admissions. The projects were inspired by the augmented theory of successful intelligence, according to which successful intelligence…

This study looked at the success rate of first-year students in a new program for conditionally admitted students. Logistic regression was used to determine the impact of several pre-college variables, such as high school grade point average and ACT scores, and orientation generated variables, specifically placement test results, on the dependent…

Comprehension of statistics and research methods is crucial to understanding psychology as a science (APA, 2007). However, psychology majors sometimes approach methodology courses with derision or anxiety (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson, 2003; Rajecki, Appleby, Williams, Johnson, & Jeschke, 2005); consequently, students may postpone…

The present study intended to see if, everything else being equal, participants' study major really affected their language achievement. It was hypothesized that the exact EFL sub-discipline (i.e., Translation, Literature, or Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)) in which students are majoring affects their language achievement in…

This study compared handicapped with able-bodied university freshmen to determine if high school rank and aptitude test scores were valid predictors of college grades for the handicapped. The subjects were 17 female and 32 male severely handicapped students enrolled at the University of Missouri. Analysis of high school rank (HSR), School and…

In the fall of 1961, the Indiana Bureau of Educational Studies and Testing developed a procedure for predicting the first semester grade point average (GPA) on entering freshmen at the Indiana University from a combination of their CEEB Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and their high school ranks (HSR). This document is the third revision of…

For several years counselors have been interested in equating the ACT composite score with the SAT total score. This paper explores the possibility of using the first semester college grade point average as an anchor variable for equating the two tests. Research indicated that colleges should develop local conversion tables. (Author)

In an effort to predict the academic performance of their students, the counseling staff at Montgomery College (Maryland) administered the Brown and Holtzman Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) to 210 freshmen students. The findings of the SSHA indicate that the majority of entering freshmen at Montgomery College do not know efficient…

TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF PREDICTING FIRST QUARTER GRADE POINT AVERAGES FOR ENTERING FRESHMEN AT CLARK COLLEGE, REGRESSION ANALYSIS WAS USED TO ESTABLISH EQUATIONS FOR PREDICTING GRADE AVERAGES FROM SCORES EARNED IN THE WASHINGTON PRE-COLLEGE TESTING PROGRAM. PREVIOUS PREDICTION HAD BEEN BASED ON FORMULAS DERIVED…

The study reported here is an attempt to improve on past precedures by using a developmental approach that involves repeated predictor measures over four years, together with GPA criteria including not only level of performance, but also consistency or change throughout undergraduate study. The methods used, however, did not lead to improved…

This case study was designed to demonstrate how an institution could use readily available archival data to produce a simple yet informative validity study as a necessary step in understanding the effectiveness of their selection process. Results indicated the GRE does not significantly predict graduate school success across all disciplines…

A statistical comparison of American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for predicting first semester grade point averages (GPA) for beginning freshmen at Brigham Young University, when used with a high school GPA as a fixed independent variable, showed little or no difference. Other comparisons were by sex and geographic area.…

High School GPA and Scholastic Aptitude Test V and M scales were used to predict college GPA for Mexican-American and Anglo-American college students. Results indicated that regression systems were essentially parallel for both groups, with virtually no difference in intercepts, though prediction of Anglo GPA appeared slightly more accurate.…