Predicting Academic Success of First-Year Engineering Students from Standardized Test Scores and Psychosocial Variables

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-80

  Ting, Siu Man Raymond ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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