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Peer reviewedGade, Eldon M.; Soliah, David – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
For 151 male graduates of the University of North Dakota, expressed choices measured by preferences made as high school seniors on the ACT Student Profile Section were significantly more accurate predictors of graduating college major and of career entry occupation than were their Vocational Preference Inventory high point codes. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment, Interest Inventories, Majors (Students)
Jones, Jerry L. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the optimum combination of selected social, academic, and demographic variables to maximally differentiate membership in the successful, unsuccessful, and withdrawal groups of first-year computer programming majors in Virginia community colleges. A questionnaire focusing on 18 selected variables was administered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Age, Community Colleges
