Validity of Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test Scores for Admissions to Colleges of Veterinary Medicine

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-219

  Powers, Donald E ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

APTITUDE TESTS; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 1842659138     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.2.208     Document Type: Article

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