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Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol 41(3), Mar 1950, 184-190.

A number of general and specific aptitude tests were administered, during the first week after entrance, to students of engineering in the Institute of Technology of the University of Minnesota. High School ranks were also on record. Zero order correlations between the variables were found, and also multiple correlation coefficients (for 3 groups of students), between all scores and the honor point ratios of the first year. Rank in high school was found to have greater prognostic value than any test, but the General Educational Development Test predicted success almost as well. The Cooperative Mathematics Test also had predictive significance sufficient to warrant inclusion in a test battery. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)

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