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Download full textGold, Ben K. – 1970
This study of Los Angeles City College (LACC) attrition examined characteristics of 397 randomly selected students who entered in the fall of 1967. Summaries of the more important findings follow. Ninety per cent of the sample population persisted through the first semester, though only sixteen per cent returned to complete a fifth semester.…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Ethnic Groups, Institutional Research, Longitudinal Studies
Beanblossom, Gary F. – 1969
Factor analysis was used to test the hypothesis that College Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Examinations, when administered to students who have completed 2 years of college, do not measure anything different from that measured by the traditional battery of pre-college aptitude examinations. The CLEP examinations were taken in the fall…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Development, Educational Testing, Factor Analysis
Prediger, Dale J. – 1969
This study was designed to: (1) compare the contribution of various categories of biographical data (biodata) to the differentiation of college attenders and nonattenders, and (2) to assess the accuracy of biodata as a predictor of collete attendance. Subjects consisted of 20,367 high school senior males who participated in the 1960 data…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Aptitude, College Attendance, Data Analysis
Enderlein, Thomas E. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to develop a theoretical model for predicting employment satisfaction one year after graduation, using 9th-12th grade inschool variables of socioeconomic status, curriculum choice, and achievement. The independent variables used were chosen from the three psychological domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Employment, High School Graduates, Individual Characteristics
Kilpatrick, Dean G.; And Others – 1974
Although the personality correlates of heroin addiction, LSD use, and marijuana smoking have been frequently investigated, relatively few data are available to describe the personality or lifestyle variables correlated with the pattern of polydrug abuse. In an attempt to gather such information, 17 polydrug users, selected from a group of 224…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Individual Characteristics, Life Style, Personality Assessment
Cascio, Wayne F. – 1973
The nationwide sales force (N=540) of a large food and beverage firm responded to a mail survey designed to investigate the role of value orientation as a moderator of the relationship between organizational rewards and job satisfaction. Of the two main elements in the investigation, the first was concerned with the predictive efficiency of two…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Job Satisfaction, Models, Motivation
Enger, Isadore; And Others – 1972
The objective was to improve procedures for selecting entrants with better potential for (a) completing the Coast Guard Academy and (b) remaining on active duty after graduation beyond the mandatory five-year period. Stepwise multiple regression was applied to the information on 10 instruments to develop equations for predicting graduation. Five…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, College Admission, Military Personnel
Harckham, Laura D.; And Others – 1971
A longitudinal study of 553 children, from kindergarten through grade 4, was conducted to determine whether measures readily available in school districts, taken in kindergarten by classroom teachers, could predict reading achievement on standardized tests in succeeding grades. Scores on the Metropolitan Readiness Test, the Draw-a-Man Test, a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten Children, Longitudinal Studies
Gell, Robert L.; Bleil, David F. – 1971
This report analyzes the relationship between high school grades, American College Test (ACT) scores, and first-semester college grades. Based on the Standard Research Service of the ACT program, 1,379 students in the fall 1969 freshman class of Montgomery College (Maryland) were studied. Measures of academic background used ACT scores in English,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Grade Prediction, Grades (Scholastic)
Butcher, Russell H.; Heaps, Richard A. – 1972
The value of four pre-training screening devices for predicting student teaching effectiveness was examined. The four activities were a) microteaching for 7 minutes, b) microteaching for 30 minutes, c) role playing using reality therapy, and d) values conflict discussion. These activities were administered to 52 undergraduates in the Brigham Young…
Descriptors: Microteaching, Predictive Measurement, Preservice Teacher Education, Role Playing
Lynch, Francis Dennis – 1972
A test instrument was developed for analyzing the ability of various kinds of viewers to predict what will happen next in various kinds of films. The test instrument was based on the standard verbal cloze procedure, but it was adapted for nonverbal material. The test was validated by showing that it could detect differences in (1) entropy patterns…
Descriptors: Audiences, Cloze Procedure, College Faculty, College Students
Anderson, Ruth – 1971
This study was undertaken to determine the validity of the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) in general, the differential validity of each score of the DAT, and the effectiveness of high school rank (HSR) as a measure of past performance for predicting success in vocational programs in health careers. Data obtained for a sample of 127 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Grades (Scholastic), Masters Theses
Cornish, Richard D. – 1971
The MMPI continues to be the focus of a large quantity of research. This article offers an aid to persons working with college student populations by annotating recent MMPI research relating to college populations. A total of 49 articles (each categorized in terms of content into one of 10 sections or subsections) were annotated. The Validity of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Schaumburg, Gary F. – 1971
This paper reports the results of an investigation of the relationship between scores on the School and College Ability Test (SCAT), the College English Placement Test (CEPT), and grades earned in American History and Constitution (History 27 at Cerritos College, California) in order to ascertain if predictability of "successful" or…
Descriptors: College English, Grade Prediction, Performance, Predictive Measurement
CANTWELL, ZITA M. – 1966
THE PREDICTIVE ABILITY OF TWO INTELLIGENCE TESTS ON A CROSS-CULTURAL SAMPLE WAS STUDIED. THE STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES AND THE D. 48 TEST WERE ADMINISTERED TO 1,579 GIRLS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12. OTHER TEST SCORES WERE OBTAINED FROM STUDENT RECORDS. THE CROSS-CULTURAL GROUPS CONSISTED OF (1) INDO-EUROPEAN, (2) SPANISH-AMERICAN, (3) NEGRO, AND…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Females, High School Students
