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Morgan, Ronald R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
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
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Morgan, Ronald R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Investigates the importance of using levels of intellectual ability as a control variable in studies of nonintellectual factors in academic achievement and determines the utility of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule as a supplement to academic aptitude test scores in the prediction of success in college. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education