The purpose of this paper is to provide information about how students' scores change when they retake the PSAT/NMSQT as juniors or take the SAT in the spring after they take the PSAT/NMSQT as juniors. Two research questions guided this study and motivated the approach for analysis of the data: How do scores change for students who took the…

The abilities of the Henmon-Nelson, Cardall-Miles, Slosson and Quick Tests to predict WAIS-FS scores in a psychiatric hospital were compared. (Author)

Article investigated the use of biographical, personality, attitudinal and motivational information for predicting creative potential. (Author/RK)

The validity of predicting female homosexuality from empirical signs from the Draw-A-Person (DAP) was compared to the validity of psychologists'"blind" predictions from the same DAP protocols. (Author)

Forty-seven individuals evaluated in a management assessment center in 1967 were followed up eight years later. While the validity of this specific assessment center for predicting advancement appears adequate, additional research is desirable to evaluate the ability to predict performance in management. (Author/IRT)

Argues that the gamma mixture of Poisson processes, for all its perceived defects, can be used to make predictions regarding future library book circulations of a quality adequate for general management requirements. The use of the model is extensively illustrated with data from two academic libraries. (Nine references) (CLB)

Describes a statistical model that can predict, throughout the fiscal year, the amount of money that will be spent on firm orders against a given fund, thereby predicting the number of orders that must still be placed to totally spend but not overspend that fund. Data tables are included. (Author/JD)

The author suggests that it is more efficient to cluster subjects on the basis of their profiles across several dimensions of significance and to seek "between" subgroup correlates, than to search for a moderator variable "within" levels of which criterion relationships may vary in nonrandom fashion. (Author/RK)

In this paper an effort is made to seek within John W. Atkinson's own thinking on achievement motivation a more parsimonious explanation of the assumed curvilinearity between motive strength and performance. (Author/RK)

The present paper describes an attempt to establish a paper and pencil test battery for improving predictive efficiency in the selection of supporting services personnel at Montgomery County Public Schools and a report on the validation of such a procedure. (Author)

The problem of determining grades on a common scale for two groups offering a common paper in an examination was examined. Three theoretical methods were offered and the results of applying them to some data provided by the East Midland Regional Examinations Board were compared. (Author/RK)

Discusses a survey of forecast preparers and users in 127 major companies in an attempt to assess underlying problems and identify areas for improvement. Concludes that forecasting responsibilities and tasks must be better defined and that forecast preparers and users must become better informed about one another's roles. (Author/JG)

Evidence suggest the importance of Mathematics Achievement scores as predictors of general academic success at the undergraduate level. (Authors)