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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
This is one of a series of brief and non-technical mini-reports of the Evaluation System of the District of Columbia Public Schools. This report deals with the prediction of gain in Prescriptive Mathematics Test (PMT) scores. Twenty-two variables were involved in the analyses reported in the mini-report. The data were analyzed for all grade…
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation
LAFORGE, ROLFE; POLK, KENNETH – 1965
STATISTICAL MODELS WERE USED TO STUDY THE NATURE OF HIGH SCHOOL "FAILURES". THE STUDY (1) COMPARED THE DEGREE TO WHICH FAILURE COULD BE PREDICTED BY MULTIVARIABLE AND CONFIGURAL MODELS AND (2) CONSTRUCTED SCALES BY MEANS OF TRADITIONAL PSYCHOMETRIC ITEM ANALYSIS AND CROSS-VALIDATION AND BY MEANS OF STRUCTURAL ITEM ANALYSIS. THE SAMPLE…
Descriptors: Dropouts, High School Students, Models, Predictive Measurement
Sucec, A. A. – 1979
Twenty-three male distance runners between the ages of 16 and 23 who had achieved a ten-minute or better two-mile performance were tested to determine physical and physiological characteristics to be used in predictive research regarding running performance. Relative body fat ratio, metabolic data, and oxygen intake capability were among the…
Descriptors: Exercise (Physiology), Measurement Techniques, Performance Factors, Predictive Measurement
Hopkins, David R. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to determine the discriminatory ability of eight selected skill tests in evaluating the abilities of a group of male basketball players. The raw scores of the skill tests for each participant were analyzed by a stepwise discriminant analysis procedure. The results of this study indicate that a test battery comprised…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Athletics, Basketball, Discriminant Analysis
Kingston, Albert J. – 1976
Among the problems of using readability formulas in education are: reporting standardized scores as grade levels is often meaningless since in a single grade classroom there may be children reading two or three grades above or below grade placement; social mobility, busing policies, and changed patterns of living have increased the heterogeneity…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Predictive Measurement, Readability Formulas
Download full textAcey, Alfred E. – 1968
The results of this study seem to indicate that time may be a relevant variable when scores on a personality inventory are used to predict achievement of college freshmen. When a sample of freshmen college students were required to respond to statements of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) in a controlled amount of time per statement,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Prediction, Measurement Techniques, Personality Assessment
Irwin, Tom J. – 1968
This study compared handicapped with able-bodied university freshmen to determine if high school rank and aptitude test scores were valid predictors of college grades for the handicapped. The subjects were 17 female and 32 male severely handicapped students enrolled at the University of Missouri. Analysis of high school rank (HSR), School and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction
Hendrix, William H. – 1976
The document presents a forecast model of the future Air Force applicant pool. By forecasting applicants' quality (means and standard deviations of aptitude scores) and quantity (total number of applicants), a potential enlistee could be compared to the forecasted pool. The data used to develop the model consisted of means, standard deviation, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Enlisted Personnel, Individual Characteristics, Job Applicants
Weeks, Joseph L.; Mullins, Cecil J. – 1975
The identification of variables useful in the prediction of drug abuse has been the subject of a great deal of research. The research presented in this report attempts to add to the existing collection of information concerning variables useful in the prediction of drug abuse. An experimental instrument, the Social Factors Questionnaire, was…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Drug Abuse, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1974
This report briefly describes and analyzes several of the most frequently used techniques for depicting trends and making projections of education statistics. Each technique is described simply and nontechnically, with its uses and shortcomings, and a step-by-step analytical and graphic example and explanation. Projection techniques described…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Graphs, Predictive Measurement, Research Methodology
Neie, Van ElRoy – 1970
This research was designed to investigate the relationship between a verbal measure of predictive ability and performance on selected science process tasks by prospective elementary school teachers. The vehicle utilized for assessing the comprehension ability was the cloze procedure, with the cloze score being considered as verbal predictive…
Descriptors: Ability, Discovery Processes, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Graham, James T.; Graham, Louella W. – 1969
As part of a long range study of language behavior, six teenage mentally retarded males (IQ 37 to 64) were interviewed, and tapes were made to record language samples. Linguistic competence was found to be adequate while language performance was deficient. The sentence repetition test was found to be a useful predictor of problem areas for high…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Language, Language Proficiency
Bailey, John E., III – 1974
This paper investigates the relationship between a multifactor grading system and standardized achievement test scores. The study attempts to measure not only achievement but also motivation and rate of progress. Two hypotheses are tested: (1) Teacher measures of application, improvement, and grade level do not bear a significant relationship to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grading
Bailiff, Norman Lynn, Jr.; Jacobs, Marion K. – 1974
This paper discusses correlates (not causes) of success in a college chemistry class. It focuses on the immediate and practical concern of identifying those antecedent variables which, because of their close association with success in chemistry, could be used to predict success. Multiple regression analysis determined that the most satisfactory…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Chemistry, College Students, Predictive Measurement
Culbertson, Hugh M. – 1973
A test group of 78 students in advanced journalism courses at Ohio University were assigned the role of "editor" in an attempt to determine whether newspaper editors can predict the preferences of their readers. Seventy-eight other students from classes in mass communication, introductory psychology, and journalism were assigned the role of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Expectation, Groups, Individual Psychology
