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Predicting Student Success In College Using Stepwise Multiple Regression, Richard Edward Cerullo
Predicting Student Success In College Using Stepwise Multiple Regression, Richard Edward Cerullo
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The problem was to determine the feasibility of predicting a student's success specific college, on the basis of data available at the time of the student's admission to the college. In addition to considering the development of a regression equation which could be applied to the data of any undergraduate entering the college, the feasibility of developing a statistically significant prediction equation at the school and major level was also examined.
The study was carried out in the following manner. Stepwise multiple regression was used on the admissions data of the graduating class of the 1978-1979 academic year. The cumulative …