The Role of Socioeconomic Status in SAT-Grade Relationships and in College Admissions Decisions

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1000-1007

  Sackett, Paul R ^a   Kuncel, Nathan R ^a   Beatty, Adam S ^a   Rigdon, Jana L ^a   Shen, Winny ^a   Kiger, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

educational measurement; individual differences; socioeconomic status; test validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866426497     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612438732     Document Type: Article

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