Testing for validity and bias in the use of GPA and the MCAT in the selection of medical school students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 694-697

  Vancouver, Jeffrey B ^a   Reinhart, Mary Ann ^b   Solomon, David J ^c   Haf, James J ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Board of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EXAMINATION; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; MICHIGAN; MINORITY GROUPS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0025116081     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199011000-00012     Document Type: Article

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