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ERIC Number: EJ226706
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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The Prediction of Graduate School Success by the Canonical Correlation.
Pristo, L. J.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v39 n4 p929-33 Win 1979
Using grade point average and graduation-nongraduation as two separate criteria and eight predictor variables selected from doctoral applicants' folders at an Arizona university, a canonical correlation of .624 for a sample of 65 graduate students shrank to -.095 for a cross validation sample of 21 students. (CTM)
Descriptors: College Admission, Correlation, Doctoral Programs, Grade Point Average, Graduate Students, Graduation, Higher Education, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Research Design, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canonical Correlation; Cross Validation