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Peer reviewedDawes, Robyn M. – Science, 1975
Demonstrates that variables that are the basis for admitting students to graduate school must have low correlations with future measures of the success of these students. The question of interest in the admissions procedure is how well the variables evaluate the applicant population rather than the selected students. (GS)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Graduate Students
