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Investigating Institutional Influence on Graduate Program Admissions by Modeling Physics Graduate Record Examination Cutoff Scores
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Mikkelsen, Nils J.; Young, Nicholas T.; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Despite limiting access to applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, the practice of using hard or soft Graduate Record Examination (GRE) cutoff scores in physics graduate program admissions is still a popular method for reducing the pool of applicants. The present study considers whether the undergraduate institutions of…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Admission Criteria, Selective Admission, Scores
Estimating Graduate Admission Standards in Psychology.
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Millimet, C. Raymond; Flume, Mary E. – Research in Higher Education, 1982
Because publicized minimum criteria for graduate school admission are rarely sufficient to gain entrance to the school of one's choice, a study was undertaken to estimate the actual admission standards to graduate school. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores accounted for about twice as much variance as grade point average. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants, Factor Analysis
Predicting Final GPA of Graduate School Students: Comparing Artificial Neural Networking and Simultaneous Multiple Regression
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Anderson, Joan L. – College and University, 2006
Data from graduate student applications at a large Western university were used to determine which factors were the best predictors of success in graduate school, as defined by cumulative graduate grade point average. Two statistical models were employed and compared: artificial neural networking and simultaneous multiple regression. Both models…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, Success
The Validation of GRE Scores as Predictors of First-Year Performance in Graduate Study: Report of the GRE Cooperative Validity Studies Project. GRE Board Research Report GREB No. 75-8R.
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Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1979
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Cooperative Validity Studies Project began in 1975 to fill the need for cooperation between graduate schools and testing agencies and for graduate level validity studies. More than 150 data sets from the 39 participating schools, representing over 19 fields of study, were analyzed. The data confirmed earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, College Entrance Examinations, Departments