Who Studies What Major in College [microform] / James M. Richards, Jr
- Bib ID:
- 5213369
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Richards, James M., Jr
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED045033
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1970
- 12 p.
- Summary:
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This paper presents an analysis and results of the Project TALENT questionnaire given in high-school, the 1-year follow-up questionnaire, and the 5-year follow-up questionnaire, as these dealt with anticipated or actual college majors. A series of tables are presented indicating the fields included in various categories of college majors; the percent of 12th grade sample choosing various college majors at various times; the multiple correlations with Talent tests and prediction of choice of and success in various college majors for those who went to college; an individual scale which shows the highest correlation for each criterion for males and females; and the similarity indices among predictors of various criteria for 12th grade males and females. The major points made from this research are: (1) the best way to predict what a high school student's college major will be is to ask him; (2) the best way to predict his success in that major is to give a conventional test of academic aptitude; and (3) one should use choice as a substitute criterion for success only as a last resort, for the correlates are likely to be different. (AF)
- Notes:
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- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at a symposium of the American Psychological Association, September 3, 1970.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA
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- ERIC
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- 1970
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