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Gender Differences on the College Board Achievement Tests and the Advanced Placement Examinations: Effect Sizes Versus Some Upper-Tail Ratios.

Stanley, Julian C. – 1987

Gender differences were determined for scores on the 14 College Entrance Examination Board achievement tests taken between 1982 and 1985. Effect sizes showed a tendency for males to score higher relative to females, while the percentage of male examinees increased. Based on Cohen's classification of effect sizes, differences in six of the 14 tests…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, Effect Size

A Determination of the Relationship between Various Factors and Success on the Advanced Placement Computer Science Examination.

Flaherty, Robert John – 1987

This study was undertaken to determine whether a significant correlation exists between the student's performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Examination and three factors: (1) mathematics scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT); (2) a mathematics index score reflecting mathematics courses taken by the student…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Aptitude Tests, Computer Science