Does the Graduate Record Examination Predict Meaningful Success in the Graduate Training of Psychologists? A Case Study

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 630-641

  Sternberg, Robert J ^a   Williams, Wendy M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ACHIEVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA;

EID: 0031155693     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.6.630     Document Type: Article

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