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Gravely, Archer R.; Strenglein, Denise – 1982
A model for predicting student credit hours (SCH) over a 2-year period was developed at the University of South Florida. A major application of the model would be to estimate the expected loss of upper-level SCH that would occur as a result of reduced lower-level enrollment. Attention was focused on the long-range effect of lower-level enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Credits, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
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Checketts, Keith T.; Cristensen, Mark G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English, Equivalency Tests, Predictive Measurement
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Engberg, Lila E. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1974
The aim of this research was to increase understanding of the relationship between family variables and measures of child welfare. Conclusions were that welfare status is not explained by the use of individual measures on their own. (Author)
Descriptors: African Culture, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Family Influence
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Allsop, John F.; Feldman, M. Philip – Social Behavior and Personality, 1974
Four groups of Ss, ranging from 11 and 12 year-olds to 14 and 15 year-olds, were tested on the Junior P.Q., and on an anonymous self-report questionnaire. Results indicate that Eysenck's theory of antisocial behavior is capable of predictions concerning the range of misbehavior engaged in by secondary school girls. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency, Females, High School Students
Rawls, James R.; and others – J Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Graduate Students, Intelligence, Interests
Azcarate, Eduardo; Gutierrez, Manuel – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aggression, Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior
Cieboter, Frank J. – J Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Hopkins, Kenneth D.; Sitkei, E. George – J Exp Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement
Byrd, Coleen; Springfield, Lynn – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
Attkisson, C. Clifford; and others – J Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Design Preferences, Predictive Measurement, Religious Differences, Religious Factors
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
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