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A Meta Analysis of the Validity of Predictors of Performance in Law School.
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Linn, Robert L.; Hastings, C. Nicholas – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1984
Using predictive validity studies of the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and the undergraduate grade-point average (UGPA), this study examined the large variation in the magnitude of the validity coefficients across schools. LSAT standard deviation and correlation between LSAT and UGPA accounted for 58.5 percent of the variability. (Author/EGS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average
Reports of LSAC Sponsored Research: Volume II, 1970-1974. Law School Admission Research.
Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1976
Thirty-four research reports and summaries of projects studying law school admission and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) are presented. These research projects were supported by the Law School Admission Council between 1970 and 1974. A subject index and an author index for volume I, covering 1949-1969, and for this volume are also provided.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Grade Prediction, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Reports of LSAC Sponsored Research: Volume I, 1949-1967.
Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1976
Thirty-eight research reports and summaries of projects studying law school admission and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) are presented. These research projects were supported by the Law School Admission Council between 1949 and 1969. A subject and an author index, for this and the following volume, covering 1970-1974, are also provided. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Prediction, Graduate Study
Reports of LSAC Sponsored Research: Volume III, 1975-1977. Law School Admission Research.
Law School Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Nineteen research reports and summaries of projects studying law school admission and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) are presented. These research projects were supported by the Law School Admission Council between 1975 and 1977. A subject and an author index, covering this and the previous two volumes (including research conducted from 1949…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Major Research Efforts of the Law School Admission Council. Law School Admission Research.
Hart, Frederick M.; Evans, Franklin R. – 1976
Research conducted by the Law School Admission Council since the development of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) in 1948 is described. An overview of the research topics is provided, and relevant published reports are cited in 61 footnotes. The following topics of study are discussed: (1) use and validity of traditional predictors of law…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction