Evaluating the predictive validity of Graduate Management Admission Test scores

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-317

  Sireci, Stephen G ^a   Talento Miller, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Graduate Management Admission Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions testing; Differential predictive validity; Predictive validity; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644760501     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405282455     Document Type: Article

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