How selective are psychology graduate programs? The effect of the selection ratio on GRE score validity

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 951-961

  Chernyshenko, Oleksandr S ^a   Ones, Deniz S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0033240406     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00131649921970279     Document Type: Article

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