Selection bias in college admissions test scores
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- Melissa Clark & Jesse Rothstein & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, "undated". "Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores," Mathematica Policy Research Reports c51b3d7fac194209b01814549, Mathematica Policy Research.
- Melissa Clark & Jesse Rothstein & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, 2008. "Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores," NBER Working Papers 14265, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Melissa Clark & Jesse Rothstein & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, 2007. "Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores," Working Papers 19, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Education Research Section..
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