Attrition in the liberal arts college of a major metropolitan university
Stork D.; Berger P.D.
1978
Research in Higher Education
3
10.1007/BF00991401
A variety of data was collected about students in the liberal arts college of a major metropolitan university. Random samples of 120 students were selected from each of two groups: "stayers" and "leavers." The data include only those variables that would be known to administrators at the time an admissions decision is to be made. These data were then subjected to a stepwise linear discriminant analysis. Significant results are found for discriminating between the two groups, and nine variables are found to contribute to the discrimination. © 1978 APS Publications, Inc.
attrition; discriminant analysis; enrollment
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