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Ability Testing and Graduate Admissions: Decision Process Modeling and Validation

Stuart A. Youngblood

Texas A & M University

Billy J. Martin

University of South Carolina

The admissions process for a graduate Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was modeled for 406 applicants to a newly designed MBA program. The decision process model was then applied to a sample of students admitted to and enrolled in an old MBA program, where less stringent admissions procedures had been used. Results supported the adequacy of both Graduate Management Admission Test scores and undergraduate grades in the prediction of admissions officer decisions as well as the validity of such information in the prediction of graduate performance and turnover. The results are discussed in light of the recent criticisms of the use of standardized tests as admissions criteria for programs of higher education.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 42, No. 4, 1153-1162 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/001316448204200422
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