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Butler, John K.; Womer, Norman Keith – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1985
The study tests the appropriateness of multiplicative versus additive expectancy-valency models for grouping motivational force decisions of 82 undergraduate students. Arguments are offered favoring a non-nested regression models analysis over a traditional hierarchical analysis of nested regression models. Discriminant analysis indicated one of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Decision Making, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
Shack, David M.; Owen, Steven V. – 1973
While many studies have predicted elementary school achievement, few have investigated both cognitive and biographical predictors simultaneously in a multiple regression format. The present study used both types of variables in predicting achievement over a 20 month span. Criterion variables consisted of Stanford Achievement Test subscores, and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education