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ERIC Number: EJ418560
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2577
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Testing for Validity and Bias in the Use of GPA and MCAT in the Selection of Medical School Students.
Vancouver, Jeffrey B.; And Others
Academic Medicine, v65 n11 p694-97 Nov 1990
The study with 497 majority and 82 minority medical students found that grade point averages for undergraduate science courses and a composite Medical College Admissions test score based on science and reading subtests were both valid and equally predictive of scores on the National Board of Medical Examiners Examination, Part I. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Applicants, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Predictive Validity, Sciences, Test Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Medical College Admission Test
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