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The Prediction of Academic Success and Early Attrition by Means of a Multiple-Choice Biographical Inventory:

The Prediction of Academic Success and Early Attrition by Means of a Multiple-Choice Biographical... THE PREDICTION OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND EARLY ATTRITION BY MEANS OF A MULTIPLE- CHOICE BIOGRAPHICAL INVENTORY LEWI S R. AIKEN, JR. University of North Carolina at Greensboro INTRODUCTION Although there have been many studies concerned with the usefulness of motivational variables in the selection of students, the initially posi­ tive results have often disappeared on cross-validation. Many institutions have consequently limited their use of psychometric devices to ability tests, realizing that motivation plays a large role in the determination of success but being unable to measure it adequately. Recently, several investigators (e.g., Anastasi, and others, 1960; Fricke, 1963) have stimulated the study of the utility of "non-test trial predictors" (Bellows, 1961) of academic success. Anastasi's "Biographical Inventory," which consists of essay and objective questions on back­ ground, has been shown to be a useful predictor of a composite criterion consisting of grades, faculty ratings, and extra-curricular activities of students. Also, preliminary data on Fricke's "Opinion, Attitude and In­ terest Survey," a set of 396 "non-obvious" true-false items, indicate the value of this inventory for predicting multiple criteria. However, inven­ tories such as Anastasi's and Fricke's, although useful in showing the way, usually undergo a marked decrease in validity when http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

The Prediction of Academic Success and Early Attrition by Means of a Multiple-Choice Biographical Inventory:

Jr, Lewis R. Aiken,
American Educational Research Journal , Volume 1 (2): 9 – Jun 23, 2016
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THE PREDICTION OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND EARLY ATTRITION BY MEANS OF A MULTIPLE- CHOICE BIOGRAPHICAL INVENTORY LEWI S R. AIKEN, JR. University of North Carolina at Greensboro INTRODUCTION Although there have been many studies concerned with the usefulness of motivational variables in the selection of students, the initially posi­ tive results have often disappeared on cross-validation. Many institutions have consequently limited their use of psychometric devices to ability tests, realizing that motivation plays a large role in the determination of success but being unable to measure it adequately. Recently, several investigators (e.g., Anastasi, and others, 1960; Fricke, 1963) have stimulated the study of the utility of "non-test trial predictors" (Bellows, 1961) of academic success. Anastasi's "Biographical Inventory," which consists of essay and objective questions on back­ ground, has been shown to be a useful predictor of a composite criterion consisting of grades, faculty ratings, and extra-curricular activities of students. Also, preliminary data on Fricke's "Opinion, Attitude and In­ terest Survey," a set of 396 "non-obvious" true-false items, indicate the value of this inventory for predicting multiple criteria. However, inven­ tories such as Anastasi's and Fricke's, although useful in showing the way, usually undergo a marked decrease in validity when

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