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Peer reviewedThacker, Andrew J.; Williams, Robert E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGoldberg, Edith L.; Alliger, George M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Metanalysis of 27 studies dealing with psychology students and the Graduate Record Examinations' (GRE) validity in predicting graduate school success was conducted. Overall, results do not indicate that the verbal and advanced psychology portions are valid predictors of grades, although the quantitative section predicts grades in quantitative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Prediction, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedHebert, David J.; Holmes, Alan F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
For a sample of masters in education students, a moderate correlation was found between Graduate Record Examinations aptitude test scores and graduate grade point average. Results are discussed and conclusions are drawn. (JKS)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Correlation, Grade Point Average
Download full textKaiser, Javaid – 1982
The continued controversy concerning the predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) aptitude test and its influence on selection decisions, including admission and financial aid, has necessitated the establishment of local norms. The sample involved 407 University of Kansas education and computer science students. Information on…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Science Education, Education Majors
Sharon, Amiel T. – 1971
Scores of foreign graduate students on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Tests and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were combined through multiple and moderated regression to predict grade-point average (GPA). It was hypothesized that TOEFL would moderate the relationship between the GRE scores and GPA. According to…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Grade Point Average
Braun, Henry I.; Jones, Douglas H. – 1985
Classical statistical methods and the small enrollments in graduate departments have constrained the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Validity Study Service to providing only validities for single predictors. Estimates of the validity of two or more predictors, used jointly, are considered too unreliable because the corresponding prediction…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, College Entrance Examinations, Departments, Grade Point Average
Clark, Mary Jo – 1986
This paper examined test scores and information about test takers collected from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) national test administration files, GRE validity study data provided by institutional users, and survey questionnaires sent to test repeaters. Data were collected from 200,000 men and women who took the GRE General Test in June…
Descriptors: Adults, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Grade Prediction
PDF pending restorationLannholm, Gerald V. – 1968
One or more graduate departments from ten schools participated in studies of six different disciplines: chemistry, English, history, philosophy, physics, and psychology. Subjects were students who first enrolled for graduate study in these departments between 1957 and 1960. Predictor data obtained for the students included scores on the Graduate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Chemistry
