Prediction of College Achievement Using the Need Achievement Scale from the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule.

Morgan, Ronald R.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Prediction of College Achievement Using the Need Achievement Scale from the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

Morgan, Ronald R.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 35, 2, 387-92, Sum 75

Provides additional evidence concerning the efficiency of Edward's need achievement scale as a supplement to standard tests of academic aptitude in predicting academic achievement and to discriminate between over- and under-achievers. Also examines an alternative to overall GPA as the criterion for studies of academic achievement. (RC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Overachievement, Personality Measures, Predictive Measurement, Underachievement

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment; Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

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