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Peer reviewedWightman, Linda F. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1998
Women's lower scores on standardized admissions tests were examined from the perspective of consequential validity using data from the Law School Admissions Test. Data do not show that women disproportionately remove themselves from the applicant pool and do not suggest that a consequence of lower scores is application to less prestigious schools.…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Females, Higher Education
Download full textWightman, 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
