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The Relationship of Essay and Multiple‐Choice Scores With Grades in College Courses
Author(s) -
Bridgeman Brent,
Lewis Charles
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1994.tb00433.x
Subject(s) - multiple choice , mathematics education , sample (material) , standardized test , advanced placement , psychology , demography , mathematics , statistics , significant difference , sociology , chemistry , chromatography
Essay and multiple‐choice scores from Advanced Placement (AP) examinations in American History, European History, English Language and Composition, and Biology were matched with freshman grades in a sample of 32 colleges. Multiple‐choice scores from the American History and Biology examinations were more highly correlated with freshman grade point averages than were essay scores from the same examinations, but essay scores were essentially equivalent to multiple‐choice scores in correlations with course grades in history, English, and biology. In history courses, men and women received comparable grades and had nearly equal scores on the AP essays, but the multiple‐choice scores of men were nearly one half of a standard deviation higher than the scores of women.