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Graduate Management Admission Test Outcomes and the Academic Achievement: A Study on Masters of Business Administration Students at Makerere University, Uganda
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Wamala, Robert; Kizito, Saint Omala; Kakumba, Umar – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
This study investigates whether the outcomes of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) can predict the academic achievement of enrollees in masters programs. The study is based on administrative data of 516 Masters of Business Administration (MBA) enrollees at the College of Business and Management Science, Makerere University in the 2011…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Academic Achievement, Graduate Students, Business Administration Education
Predicting Success for Graduate Study in Business for English-Speaking and Non-English-Speaking Students.
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Hendel, Darwin D.; Doyle, Kenneth O., Jr. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The predictive validity of the Admissions Test for Graduate Study in Business (ATGSB) and alternative predictors for English-speaking and non-English speaking students in a Master's Degree Business Administration Program were investigated. The ATGSB and other variables were found to correlate with success in the program. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Business Education, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Grade Point Average
The Predictive Validity of Preadmission Measures in Graduate Management Education: Three Years of the GMAC Validity Study Service.
Hecht, Lawrence W.; Powers, Donald E. – 1982
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Validity Study Service was created to enable graduate schools of management to investigate the adequacy of the devices and procedures they use for selection purposes and to facilitate the accumulation and summary of data from many individual graduate management schools. Participating schools are…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Administration Education, College Entrance Examinations, Correlation
The Validity of the Graduate Management Admissions Test for Non-U.S. Students
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Koys, Daniel J. – Journal of Education for Business, 2005
In this study, the author examined the validity of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) for non-U.S. students (N = 75) through a predictive validation procedure in which applicants were given the predictor test but the test results were not used to admit students. The author's business school admitted students to three overseas MBA…
Descriptors: Test Results, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Predictive Validity
Predicting Academic Success of Students in a Master of Business Administration Program.
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Graham, Lawrence D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1991
Selection criteria at a graduate school of business were examined in a study evaluating the predictive validity of the Graduate Management Admissions Test and the Miller Analogies Test for 203 recent graduates. Implications of the correlations between test results and grade point average for admission policy are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Business Administration Education, College Entrance Examinations
The Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business and the Adult Part-Time Student.
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Waters, Elzberry, Jr. – 1968
This study at George Washington University tested for the dependence of the graduate quality point index on total scores of the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business (an aptitude test), undergraduate quality point index, and length of time since receiving the bachelor's degree. It was hypothesized that success in the Graduate Business…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Aptitude Tests
Factors Affecting GMAT Predictive Validity for Foreign MBA Students: An Exploratory Study. Research Report.
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Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1985
This study was designed to explore the effect of selected test and background variables on the pooled within-school relationship between Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores and first year grade average (FYA), and to assess the potential role of selected Test of English as a Foreign Language-related variables as supplemental predictors…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Entrance Examinations, Correlation, English (Second Language)