The average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test scores of test-takers who had their scores sent to 57 history and 60 chemistry departments in 1972-73 ("scores senders") are compared with the average Aptitude Test scores of first-year students who enrolled in these departments in the fall of 1973 ("enrolled…

This exploratory study is concerned with identifying several measures of career attainment for historians and with relating these measures to Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores and to other relevant characteristics. The basic hypothesis of the study is that abilities measured at the time of admission to graduate school are related to career…

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…

The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…