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PDF pending restorationHartle, Terry; And Others – 1983
This report reviews background and test performance data on one large segment of potential graduate school applicants--Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test takers who were 30 years of age or older and test takers who had received their bachelor's degrees more than eight years earlier. When contrasted with younger test takers, the older group…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups
Lin, Miao-Hsiang – 1986
Specific questions addressed in this study include how time limits affect a test's construct and predictive validities, how time limits affect an examinee's time allocation and test performance, and whether the assumption about how examinees answer items is valid. Interactions involving an examinee's sex and age are studied. Two parallel forms of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity, Difficulty Level
Download full textRock, Donald A. – 1975
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude and Advanced Tests were evaluated as predictors of a dichotomous criterion of whether or not the candidate attained the doctorate within a specified length of time. More specifically, the project attempted to define subgroups for which the GRE tests have varying degrees of validity, and to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1987
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) subject-matter achievement tests are offered in 17 fields. This study investigated the performance of U.S. and non-U.S. citizens on the Subject Tests, and the relationship of selected English-proficiency-related background variables to the test performance of non-U.S. citizens. It was also concerned with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
Grandy, Jerilee; Greiner, Mark – Ministry Research Notes, 1990
The report provides an overview of the academic preparation of a sample of prospective candidates for the ministry. Data were drawn from the records of approximately 12,000 students taking the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) from 1981-1988. It was found that during this period, 1,000-1,500 applicants to Masters of Divinity programs took the GRE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Awards, College Applicants
Parshall, Cynthia G.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D. – 1993
This paper studies whether examinee characteristics are systematically related to mode effect across paper and computer versions of the same instrument, using data from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of the Educational Testing Service in its Computer-Based Testing Pilot Study of 1991. The following characteristics of 1,114 examinees were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Testing
