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The Glueck table predicts the possibility of a child's becoming a delinquent. This prediction is based on the following factors:
Funds are now being sought to make practical use of the Glueck Prediction Table. Arthur J. Rogers, executive director of the Youth Board, said the program would be a "half-million dollar proposition."
Mass production began this month at a new plant in Old Hickory, Tenn., and Du Pont is also building a factory in Belgium to produce Corfam for the European market. Barbed-wire fences and 24-hour guards at Old Hickory testify to Du Pont's unwillingness to share its...
Whitla said that a PRL of 6.0--a prediction of unsatisfactory performance--is generally the cut-off point for applicants, although exceptions are sometimes made, particularly in the case of foreign-born students or students coming from a disadvantaged background.
Glimp added that the use of PRL in admissions is limited by its degree of inaccuracy. But this error is smaller than that of most similar indices, according to Whitla. "Given the narrowness of the range it's pretty good, but you can see how easy it is for the...