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The principal factors which influence performance at the university and control 85 or 90 per cent of the variance of marks in the Part II examination are unrelated to A-level results.
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Lavin, D. E., The Prediction of Academic Performance (Russell Sage Foundation, 1965).
Bagg, D. G., Brit. J. Educ. Psychol., 38, part 2, 197 (1968).
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BAGG, D. A-levels and University Performance. Nature 225, 1105–1108 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2251105a0
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