Gender Bias in the College Predictions of the SAT / David K. Leonard and Jiming Jiang.

This paper demonstrates that the various College Board examinations, most importantly the Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs), make predictions of grade point averages at the University of California at Berkeley that are biased against women. This finding persists even when one has made corrections for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leonard, David K.
Jiang, Jiming (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995.
Subjects:
College Students.
Evaluation Methods.
Females.
Grade Point Average.
Grades (Scholastic)
High School Students.
High Schools.
Higher Education.
Males.
Prediction.
Sex Bias.
Sex Differences.
Test Bias.
Test Construction.
Scholastic Aptitude Test
College Entrance Examination Board > University of California Berkeley
Reports, Evaluative.
Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Genre:
Reports, Evaluative.
Speeches/Meeting Papers.
Physical Description:50 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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