What Should University Admissions Tests Predict?

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-17

  Stemler, Steven E ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856797180     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00461520.2011.611444     Document Type: Review

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