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Download full textWightman, Linda F. – 1990
This study, a partial replication of an earlier study by B. Pitcher (1977), examined the validity of using initial, most recent, highest, and average scores in decisions about repeat takers of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The study included only schools that enrolled 50 or more first-year students who had taken the LSAT on more than 1…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Law Schools
Wilson, Kenneth M.; Powers, Donald E. – 1994
This study was undertaken to clarify the internal structure of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and shed light on the ability or abilities measured by the three item types that make up the test (logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and reading comprehension). The study used data for two forms of the LSAT for general samples of LSAT…
Descriptors: Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Law Schools
Peer reviewedYoung, John W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Two statistical approaches for adjusting grades were tested on data obtained from four American law schools (642 students). Neither item response theory nor the general linear model yielded consistent improvements in the predictive validity of Law School Admission Test scores and undergraduate grades for three schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Item Response Theory
Wightman, Linda F.; Muller, David G. – 1990
This study of Law School Admission Test (LSAT) performance by selected subgroups has been conducted to provide some baseline information that can later be referenced in a variety of projects and activities. The study provides a detailed psychometric analysis, by selected gender and ethnic subgroup membership, of LSAT Form OLSS1. This form was…
Descriptors: Achievement, Admission (School), College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups
Anthony, Lisa C.; Liu, Mei – 2003
This study was designed to address questions of differential prediction of law school grades for various racial/ethnic minority subgroups. Differential prediction was evaluated by comparing the predicted and actual law school first-year grade point averages (FYAs) for various racial/ethnic subgroups within individual law schools based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations
Wightman, Linda F. – 1993
This report provides information about test takers with disabilities who participated in a variety of accommodated administrations of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Results indicate the number of LSATs administered with accommodations increased 100% from 1990 to 1993. During that 4-year period, more than 2,700 LSATs were administered under…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Aptitude Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection
