Prediction-type research deals, in a general sense, with the functional relations between a criterion of success and events occurring before. One chooses a number of tests or measures for tryout, and then determines their predictive effectiveness in respect of the designated criterion. In this investigation, the main focus is to enquire into the extent to which measures of a student's ability, coupled with other related inputs (the "events occurring before") predict success or failure in an academic course of study.