Word: proffitt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Statisticians Segel & Proffitt studied the college marks of students in 13 colleges and universities, compared them with the same students' earlier records-high-school marks, extracurricular activities, etc. Some of their findings were trite: that a student who has a good average in high school, or rates high in intelligence tests, is likely to get good marks in college; that a youth who works for part of his college expenses gets lower than average marks, but a determined 100% self-supporting student ranks above the average...
...Some Factors in the Adjustment of College Students-by David Segel and Maris M. Proffitt (Superintendent of Documents, Washington...