The validity of the graduate record examination for master's and doctoral programs: A meta-analytic investigation

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 340-352

  Kuncel, Nathan R ^a   Wee, Serena ^b   Serafin, Lauren ^b   Hezlett, Sarah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^c Personnel Decisions Research Institutes Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions tests; Graduate Record Examination; Graduate school; GRE; Meta analysis; Standardized tests; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949576989     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409344508     Document Type: Article

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