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Can the GRE predict valued outcomes? Dropout and writing skill

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  • Brent Bridgeman
  • Frederick Cline

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Graduate school programs that are considering dropping the GRE as an admissions tool often focus on claims that the test is biased and does not predict valued outcomes. This paper addresses the bias issue and provides evidence related to the prediction of valued outcomes. Two studies are included. The first study used data from chemistry (N = 315) and computer engineering (N = 389) programs from a flagship state university and an Ivy League university to demonstrate the ability of the GRE to predict dropout. Dropout prediction for the chemistry programs was both statistically and practically significant for the GRE quantitative (GRE-Q) scores, but not for the verbal or analytical writing scores. In the computer engineering programs, significant dropout prediction by GRE-Q was evident only for domestic students. In the second study, GRE Analytical Writing scores for 217 students were related to writing produced as part of graduate school coursework and relationships were noted that were both practically and statistically significant.

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  • Brent Bridgeman & Frederick Cline, 2022. "Can the GRE predict valued outcomes? Dropout and writing skill," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(6), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0268738
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268738
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