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Direct linkWilson, James K., III – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to better predict how a first semester college freshman becomes prepared for college. The theoretical framework guiding this study is Vrooms' expectancy theory, motivation plays a key role in success. This study used a hierarchical multiple regression model. The independent variables of interest included high school…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Readiness, College Freshmen, College Preparation
Peer reviewedReiner, John R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Class Rank, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedButler, Richard P.; McCauley, Clark – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
Compared with data from civilian institutions, data from two graduating classes at the United States Military Academy showed extrordinary stability of independently calculated grade point averages from freshman to senior years and no decline in the validity of Scholastic Aptitude Tests and high school class rank as predictors of these GPAs over…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Correlation, Generalizability Theory, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedMeeker, Frank; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Reports study of 288 graduate psychology majors to determine what variables correlated with grade point averages in psychology. Reports three clusters of significant variables: (1) high school grades in verbal areas; (2) achievement in college general studies courses; and (3) mathematics aptitude and achievement in college. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Records, Class Rank
Crooks, Terence J. – 1980
Six widely used college admissions variables and four course-specific measures (tests of entering mathematical skills and physics knowledge, and indexes of previous study of mathematics and physics) were correlated with final marks for 495 students in an introductory college physics course. The college admissions variables included scores on…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Download full textFreeberg, Norman E.; And Others – 1989
An initial study of the revised (1985) Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ) of the College Board found it to be of sufficient accuracy to fulfill its intended purposes. This second phase examined the adequacy of the SDQ in terms of the predictive validity of its student academic self-report information against a criterion of first-year college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average
Boldt, Robert F. – 1986
This study investigated whether or not the validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is both higher and less variable across colleges than it appears to be. Data from 99 validity studies conducted by the Validity Study Service of the College Board were used. In addition to test validities based on first-year college averages, which were…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Generalization
Peer reviewedFriedman, Charles P.; Bakewell, William E., Jr. – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
An analysis of the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and its relationship to the criterion of class standing achieved in the school year ending in the spring of 1979 has been undertaken by the University of California, Irvine, to determine the MCAT's predictive power so that test results can be used in admissions procedure. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedRugsaken, Kris T.; Robertson, Jacqueline A.; Jones, James A. – NACADA Journal, 1998
A study investigated the usefulness of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory in predicting college students' academic performance, focusing on whether the scores enhance the accuracy of traditional predictors such as college entrance examinations and high school rank. Results indicate the scores produce a slight but not significant increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Class Rank, College Bound Students
Hardesty, Larry – 1980
The relationship between academic success at DePauw University and such commonly used predictors as tested ability and academic success in high school was examined. The various subtleties of the multiple regression research method were also examined. Subjects were 1758 students who entered DePauw University during the fall semester of 1973, 1974,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Class Rank
Hengstler, Dennis D.; Reichard, Donald J. – 1980
A recent decline in the ability to predict first-year grade point average using the traditional regression analyses incorporating Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and high school rank as predictors fostered an investigation of the effectiveness of alternative procedures to predict academic success. Four procedures were investigated and compared,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Durio, Helen F.; And Others – 1980
Entrance scores on the Mathematics Achievement Test, Level I, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (verbal and mathematical), and high school rank for 2,189 students entering engineering as freshmen at The University of Texas at Austin during the years 1974-1977 were used in regression equations as predictors of academic achievement and retention for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests
Keeley, Edward J.; And Others – 1994
A limited number of studies have examined the relationship between admissions test scores, academic background, and college mathematics outcomes. This study investigated the predictive relationship between high school achievement, admissions test scores, selected demographic variables, and grade performance in college mathematics for 5,212 college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations
