Comparative Validity of the GRE-Analytical Test.

Autor/inn/en	Mowsesian, Richard; Hays, William L.
Titel	Comparative Validity of the GRE-Analytical Test.
Quelle	(1985), (21 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Admission Criteria; Cognitive Tests; College Admission; College Entrance Examinations; Comparative Testing; Doctoral Programs; Educational Psychology; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Logical Thinking; Predictive Validity; Racial Differences; Regression (Statistics); Sex Differences; Test Construction; Test Theory; Test Validity; Graduate Record Examinations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Doktorandenprogramm; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Rassenunterschied; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Testaufbau; Testtheorie; Testvalidität
Abstract	The predictive validity of the revised Graduate Record Examination Analytical Test (GRE-A) was compared with the experimental form of the GRE-A, in terms of graduate school admissions as well as advancement to Ph.D. candidacy decisions. Prior to 1974 the Graduate Record Examination included just a verbal and a quantitative test; in 1974 it was broadened to include an analytical component to meet a preceived need. For 407 students applying for admission to a graduate program in educational psychology, the following data were analyzed: GRE scores (verbal, quantitative, and analytical); sex; ethnic status; area of specialization; faculty evaluation of Ph.D. qualification; and demographic data. Regression analysis of the GRE scores indicated that this combination of independent variables accounted for a significant variance associated with admissions decisions, whether the experimental or the revised GRE-A was used. Verbal and quantitative scores accounted for more variance than analytical scores did. The analytical scores were strongly related to scores on both of the other sections. The GRE-A was also found to add to the prediction of advancement to Ph.D. candidacy. This was true for both the experimental and revised GRE-A forms. It was concluded that the GRE-A had predictive utility and that both the experimental and revised forms were comparable. (GDC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC