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Peer reviewedSilverman, Bernie I.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Cleary's and Thorndike's definition of bias in college admissions criteria (ACT scores and high school percentile rank) were examined for black, white, and Jewish students. Use of the admissions criteria tended to overpredict blacks' performance, accurately predict whites' performance, and underpredict that of Jews. In light of Cleary's…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bias, Blacks, College Admission
Peer reviewedOrr, Emda; Ben-Eliahu, Edna – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1993
Findings from 2 studies with 179 male and 158 female Israeli early adolescents and 97 male and 183 female Israeli university students show that male self-esteem is predicted significantly by masculine self-image (SI), female self-esteem is predicted by nonstereotyped SI, and feminine SI significantly predicts the self-esteem of neither gender.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, College Students, Females
