The Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes was employed with 17 advanced attendants in an inservice training program. As expected, the SSHA score correlated well with academic success but not with scholastic ability. The Counseling Key of the SSHA correlated highly with the total SSHA score. Both the total SSHA score and the Counseling Key correlated highly with another test of study habits.
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