Another Contribution to Estimating Success in Graduate School: a Search for Sex Differences and Comparison Between three Degree Types

Payne, David A.; Wells, Robert A.; Clarke, Robert

doi:10.1177/001316447103100220

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“…Of concern in the profession is the question of whether or not sdhools discriminate against women in the selection and treatment of graduate students. For example, Payne et al (1971) found among education Ph.D.s at the University of Georgia that females had higher average predictor scores than men, some differences being quite large, and raised the question of a selection bias, self or institutional.…”

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Doctoral study attrition in psychology

Lunneborg

1973

Res High Educ

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The primary motivation behind this prediction study was the concern voiced over the problem of attrition in graduate school. Noting a 45% dropout rate in psychology dOctoral students who began between 1955 and 1964 and were studied in 1968, one author deplored the loss in time and effort to students and faculty when students leave graduate school. Also of interest were possible sex differences in the variables used to select candidates, and in the reasons behind male and female graduate students dropping out. Thus, 123 graduate students entering the University of Washington Department of Psychology between 1963 and 1967 were studied. Although progress toward the Ph.D. was not highly related to admissions data such as GRE scores and undergraduate grades, performance in the first year was found to be predictive of later success..Evidence of sex discrimination was minimal and subtle. It is suggested that greater attention be directed toward measuring commitment to the doctorate to reduce the rather large attrition from the program..

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Doctoral study attrition in psychology

Lunneborg

1973

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“…The choice between the two rests on the decision to include or not include the correlation in the equation. EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT 1980,40 THERE have been a number of studies regarding the relationship of the GRE and MAT, either separately or in combination, with subsequent academic performance (e.g., Felker, 1973;Krauskopf, 1973;Mehrabian, 1969;Nagi, 1975;Payne, Wells, and Clarke, 1971). Other studies have been done on retesting (Coldarci, 1960;Doppelt, 1971;Spielberger, 1959).…”

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Graduate Record Examination and Miller Analogies Test Scores: Examining Four Methods of Equivalencing

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Kagan

Wagenen

1980

Educational and Psychological Measurement

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MAT and GRE scores were equated by regression, conditional mean, linear and equipercentile methods using data from a sample that had taken both tests. The regression and linear methods were preferred, and shown to be equivalent when the correlation between scales is perfect. The choice between the two rests on the decision to include or not include the correlation in the equation. EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT 1980,40 THERE have been a number of studies regarding the relationship of the GRE and MAT, either separately or in combination, with subsequent academic performance (e.g., Felker, 1973;Krauskopf, 1973;Mehrabian, 1969;Nagi, 1975;Payne, Wells, and Clarke, 1971). Other studies have been done on retesting (Coldarci, 1960;Doppelt, 1971;Spielberger, 1959). There have been few, if any, studies on the relationship of these two scales, yet the question about comparative performance on one scale, given actual performance on the other scale has recurred sufficiently frequently that the authors were prompted to investigate this topic.One method of predicting, or equating, scores on one scale with probable scores on another scale has been by means of regression.Given means, standard deviations, and correlation on GRE and MAT scales for a sample of persons taking both tests, simple linear regression equations follow in a straightforward fashion. These take the form,

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A comprehensive meta-analysis of the predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examinations: Implications for graduate student selection and performance.

Kuncel¹,

Hezlett²,

Ones³

2001

Psychological Bulletin

515

484

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This meta-analysis examined the validity of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) as predictors of graduate school performance. The study included samples from multiple disciplines, considered different criterion measures, and corrected for statistical artifacts. Data from 1,753 independent samples were included in the meta-analysis, yielding 6,589 correlations for 8 different criteria and 82,659 graduate students. The results indicated that the GRE and UGPA are generalizably valid predictors of graduate grade point average, 1st-year graduate grade point average, comprehensive examination scores, publication citation counts, and faculty ratings. GRE correlations with degree attainment and research productivity were consistently positive; however, some lower 90% credibility intervals included 0. Subject Tests tended to be better predictors than the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical tests.

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Another Contribution to Estimating Success in Graduate School: a Search for Sex Differences and Comparison Between three Degree Types

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Doctoral study attrition in psychology

Doctoral study attrition in psychology

Graduate Record Examination and Miller Analogies Test Scores: Examining Four Methods of Equivalencing

A comprehensive meta-analysis of the predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examinations: Implications for graduate student selection and performance.

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