Abstract
Purpose [line break] The purpose of this study was to identify and translate data relative to transfer students in the College of Agriculture at Texas A&M University that would serve for effective counseling within the College of Agriculture, in transferring institutions, and in high schools. To this end, the following specific objectives were developed as guidelines for the research: 1. To relate scholastic aptitude to kinds of students (native or transfer), to curricular choices of transfer students, and to size of high school graduating classes of transfer students. 2. To compare the academic success of transfer and native students. 3. To determine the relationship between selected factors and academic success. [line break] Procedures [line break] The procedures of this investigation involved the accumulating of relevant data for 152 transfer students and 134 natives in the College of Agriculture at Texas A&M University who first enrolled in any college or university in the summer or fall of 1963. These subjects were grouped appropriately and then tested statistically. Comparisons of scholastic aptitude test scores were made by analysis of variance. Comparisons of grade point ratios involving adjustments for differences in scholastic aptitude were made by analysis of covariance and others by analysis of variance. Where appropriate, individual means were compared by test of least significant differences. Chi-square tests were used to compare persistence. ...
Autry, Joseph Wayne (1969). The academic success of transfer students in the College of Agriculture at Texas A&M University. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -173757.