Open AccessA SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF THE GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION COUNCIL (GMAC) VALIDITY SERVICE FOR 1979
Author(s) -
Powers Donald E.,
Hardy Frieda M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1980.tb01193.x
Subject(s) - service (business) , graduate students , medical education , psychology , operations management , mathematics education , medicine , business , engineering , marketing
The 1978–79 academic year marked the first fully operational year of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) validity study service. A summary of results is reported for 25 graduate management schools that participated in this first operational series of studies. Results include correlations of standard preadmission measures (GMAT scores and undergraduate grades) with a standard criterion (first‐year average) for all schools. Additional analyses based on school‐designated subgroups and on additional nonstandard preadmission measures and criteria are reported for schools that provided those optional data. The results indicate the potential value of each of various preadmission indices for predicting academic success in graduate management schools.