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Examining systematic errors in predictors of college student self-reported gains

✍ Scribed by Nicholas A. Bowman

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Weight
75 KB
Volume
2011
Category
Article
ISSN
0271-0579

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Abstract

This chapter examines the extent to which using self‐reported gains as a proxy for longitudinal growth leads to systematic biases in institutional and individual predictors of college student outcomes.

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Colleges and universities are increasingly using national surveys to assess their students' learning and development. Given the importance of the first year of college for student adjustment and retention (Tinto, 1993), some of these surveys are designed specifically to gauge the experiences and out