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Barley, Zoe A.; And Others – 1990
The relationship between test anxiety and performance on oral comprehensive examinations was studied, with special attention to the repressor phenomenon. Repressors are persons who report low anxiety, but are actually more stressed than are low anxious subjects, as evidenced on measures not relying on self-report. Subjects were 42 female graduate…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Correlation, Graduate Students, Higher Education
MacKinnon, Ronald C.; Elliott, Charles – 1969
To find the concurrent validity of two scholastic aptitude tests when a scholastic achievement test was used as a criterion for use in placement of mentally retarded children, 127 subjects were involved. The California Achievement Test (CAT) was used as a criterion measure, and the Primary Mental Abilities test (PMA) and the Slosson Intelligence…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Correlation
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Stricker, Lawrence J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1991
To study whether different forms of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) used since the mid-1970s varied in their correlations with academic performance criteria, 1975 and 1985 forms were administered to 1,554 and 1,753 high school juniors, respectively. The 1975 form did not have greater validity than the 1985 form. (SLD)
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Correlation