We chose this system based on earlier research
on the role of cognitive, psychosocial, and career factors in college
success (e.g., Robbins et al., 2006) and the role of motivational,
social control, and self-regulatory factors on educational outcomes
Furthermore, we took a methodological-substantive approach (cf.
Marsh & Hau, 2007) by evaluating our assessment system using
the dominance analysis technique (Azen & Budescu, 2003), which
allowed us to compare the relative importance of each set of
predictors in the assessment system without some of the limitations
and assumptions required in typical regression approaches.