ERIC Number: ED135441
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 137
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Developing a Model for Predicting Success in Florida Community College Business Courses for Recent High School Graduates.
This document describes a model for predicting the success of recent high school graduates in Florida community college business courses. In the development of the model, test scores from the Florida Twelfth Grade Test and grades earned during the senior year by high school graduates from eleven high schools in Brevard County entering their first semester business courses at Brevard Community College were analyzed in terms of their relationship to the students' first semester academic success in selected business courses. Multiple regression analysis indicated that the best predictor of student success was the student's senior year high school grades and the next best predictor was the student's score on the Florida test. These variables collectively accounted for approximately 40% of the variance in student performance in selected business courses. Prediction tables were developed with the result that academic success in selected business courses could be predicted for about 68% of the students within plus or minus .78 of a grade point of the predicted value. While a large percentage of the variance remained unexplained, it was felt that the model was nonetheless useful for the development of simple prediction tables for use in student advisement. Procedures for replicating this model in other institutions are appended. (JDS)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Business Education, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade Prediction, Grades (Scholastic), High School Graduates, Models, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Standardized Tests, Student Characteristics, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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