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Peer reviewedEthington, Corinna A.; Wolfe, Lee M. – Research in Higher Education, 1986
The exploratory data analysis method of median polishing was used to examine patterns of differences in male and female performance on the Graduate Record Examination quantitative and analytical tests. Males were found overall to outperform females on the quantitative measure but not on the analytical measure. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Swinton, Spencer S.; Powers, Donald E. – 1985
The study reported here was intended to "round out" the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Board's continuing study of special test preparation for the GRE General Test by providing information that was previously unavailable on the effects of one kind of special test preparation--self-test-familiarization for the verbal and quantitative…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Independent Study, Mathematics Tests
Download full textKingston, Neal M.; Holland, Paul W. – 1986
This study addresses the test-disclosure-related need for more Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test editions in a situation where the number of examinees is stable or declining. Equating is used to guarantee that examinees of different test editions are treated equitably. The data collection designs used in this study were: (1)…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Data Collection, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement
