Prediction of graduate major from cognitive and self-report test scores obtained during the high school years

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-30

  Humphreys, Lloyd G ^a   Yao, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE TESTS; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0036482784     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.3     Document Type: Article

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