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Slanger, William D.; Berg, Emily A.; Fisk, Paul S.; Hanson, Mark G. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2015
Ten years of College Student Inventory (CSI) data from one Midwestern public land-grant university were used to study the role of motivational factors in predicting academic success and college student retention. Academic success was defined as cumulative grade point average (GPA), cumulative course load capacity (i.e., the number of credits…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Cohort Analysis, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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Hartas, Dimitra – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Using a UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined the unique and cumulative contribution of children's characteristics and attitudes to school, home learning environment and family's socio-economic background to children's language and literacy at the end of Key Stage 1 (age seven-years-old).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Student Attitudes
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Dunn, Christopher S. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1981
Discusses the relationship between changes in delinquency prevalence over time and prediction error. Data from a 21-year British longitudinal study exemplify the formal relationships that are derived. Results indicate statistically, as prevalence increases, a relative increase in false negative errors and a decrease in false positive errors…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cohort Analysis, Delinquency, Foreign Countries