The study attempted to determine the validity of students' SAT scores and HSGPA as predictors of freshman course grades and overall college grade point average (CGPA). Subjects for the study included 669 freshman students at Georgia Southern College who had enrolled in and completed either English Composition I or freshman mathematics during fall quarter, 1973. Data for the study included students' SAT-V scores, SAT-M scores, HSGPA and CGPA. Results showed that a significant multiple correlation existed between the predictor variables and CGPA.
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