CEEB Verbal and Mathematical scores of college students and the cumulative grade point average of college graduates were compared according to the season of their birth. No seasonal effects were indicated but a sex difference showed that male students achieved a higher Mathematical score and female graduates, a higher cumulative grade point average. Caution should be exercised in attributing season-of-birth effects to achievement.
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