Predictive validity of variables used to select students for postgraduate management courses

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 3 PART 2, 2002, Pages 1239-1247

  Lane, John ^b   Lane, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0036598736     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003329410209000328.2     Document Type: Article

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