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Peer reviewedDagenais, Denyse L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
After a review of the disadvantages of linear models for estimating the probability of academic success from previous school records and admission test results, the use of a probit model is proposed. The model is illustrated with admissions data from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Montreal. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Dropout Rate, Estimation (Mathematics)
