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Lowell, Nana; Gillmore, Gerald M. – 1981
The purposes of the study were to (1) compare the academic performance of students entering the School of Business Administration from within the University of Washington with those transferring from another institution, and (2) equate the two groups statistically on admission criteria if significances were found. Transcripts were obtained for 229…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Business Administration Education, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedGarrison, Dean H. – College and University, 1981
A statistical model is presented for processing quantitative admission data that weights equally two or more quantitative elements to ensure that the N most consistently high scorers qualify for the N available positions. The quantitative elements considered are overall grade point average (GPA), GPA in selected courses, and standardized test…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Competitive Selection, Decision Making
Peer reviewedStaat, Robert H.; Yancey, John M. – Journal of Dental Education, 1982
Efforts to improve the reliability or prediction in dental school admissions by combining several preprofessional academic averages and selected nongraded personal attributes into a single admission index score are outlined. Use of the index is also proposed for use in monitoring less-qualified students' progress. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Dental Schools
Peer reviewedPalmieri, Anthony, III – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1979
A response to a previous article on predicting academic success of transfer students at the School of Pharmacy, University of Wyoming, is presented. Posits that a multivariate predictor of a student's final grade point average would be a successful predictor tool. Presents an evaluation of those predictor equations. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Transfer Students, Grade Point Average
Download full textSawyer, Richard; Maxey, E. James – 1979
The validity of prediction equations based on American College Testing (ACT) Program test scores and high school grades is investigated. Presented are separate results for prediction equations based on ACT scores only, on high school grades only, and on both kinds of prediction jointly. Also included is a discussion of the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
Stafford, Thomas H., Jr.; Council, Kathryn A. – 1974
As a followup study, the academic performance of 120 black students who entered North Carolina State University as new freshmen in the fall of 1970, 1971, and 1972 was examined in order to determine whether the University Predicted Grade Average (UPGA) equation is biased for black students. Major findings are: (1) for both marginal black students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bias, Black Students, College Admission
