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This research investigated the effect on estimated lower asymptotes of the instructions to Graduate Record Examination (GRE) examinees about how the test would be scored. This effect was assessed for four different verbal item types (analogies, antonyms, sentence completion, and reading comprehension) using a two-way, unweighted means analysis of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Entrance Examinations, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education
Download full textAngoff, William H.; Cowell, William R. – 1985
Linear and equipercentile equating conversions were developed for two forms of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) quantitative test and the verbal-plus-quantitative test. From a very large sample of students taking the GRE in October 1981, subpopulations were selected with respect to race, sex, field of study, and level of performance (defined…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement
Scheuneman, Janice – 1985
A number of hypotheses were tested concerning elements of Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) items that might affect the performance of blacks and whites differently. These elements were characteristics common to several items that otherwise measured different concepts. Seven general hypotheses were tested in the form of sixteen specific…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Higher Education
