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A PROFILE OF APPLICANTS TO A LEADING ENGINEERING SCHOOL *
Author(s) -
PERLBERG ARYE,
NAVON ESTHER
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1947.tb02092.x
Subject(s) - matriculation , subject (documents) , ethnic group , mathematics education , statistical analysis , science and engineering , psychology , medical education , sociology , engineering , medicine , statistics , mathematics , computer science , library science , engineering ethics , anthropology
This study, the third in a series centred on engineering and science students in Israel, deals with applicants to the Technion engineering school. In an attempt to discover the differences between those admitted and rejected, the matriculation and entrance examination grades of over 3,500 students were analysed together with biographical and socio‐economic data collected by means of questionnaires and verified by chi‐square analysis. Selected results are presented and discussed in terms of overall differences, subject differences and academic variables (place of birth, ethnic profile, socio‐economic profile, educational background and the time when the decision to study at the Technion was first made). Three tables are given.