ERIC Number: EJ734929
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
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Evaluating the Predictive Validity of Graduate Management Admission Test Scores
Sireci, Stephen G.; Talento-Miller, Eileen
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v66 n2 p305-317 2006
Admissions data and first-year grade point average (GPA) data from 11 graduate management schools were analyzed to evaluate the predictive validity of Graduate Management Admission Test[R] (GMAT[R]) scores and the extent to which predictive validity held across sex and race/ethnicity. The results indicated GMAT verbal and quantitative scores had substantial predictive validity, accounting for about 16% of the variance in graduate GPA beyond that predicted by undergraduate GPA. When these scores and undergraduate GPA were used together, they accounted for approximately 25% of the variation in first-year graduate GPA. Correcting correlations for restriction of range improved the predictive power. No statistical differences were found across examinee groups defined by race/ethnicity and sex, which suggests a lack of bias in these scores. The predictive utility of GMAT analytical writing scores was relatively low, accounting for only about 1% of the variation in graduate GPA, after accounting for undergraduate GPA and GMAT verbal and quantitative scores. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Grade Point Average, Ethnicity, Prediction, Admission Criteria, Scores, Graduate Study, Verbal Ability, Statistical Analysis, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Correlation, Undergraduate Study, Administrator Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Graduate Management Admission Test
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