The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as a Predictor of Success at the Naval Postgraduate School

Abstract

The Naval Postgraduate School is conducting a three-year study to determine whether or not to use the Graduate Record Examination as a selection tool/admissions standard. Students are currently selected based on their professional military performance and their undergraduate grades, math and science exposure. This thesis examines a sample of 198 students who took the Graduate Record Examination after arrival at the school and who have completed six quarters of study. The results indicate that the Graduate Record Examination is a much stronger predictor than the currently used undergraduate measures (Academic Profile Code). When the Graduate Record Examination scores are combined with undergraduate grade point average and the officer's age, an excellent predictor is developed. The thesis contains, in addition to descriptive information and regression results, a prediction equation which may be used by Navy selection committees in determining whether or not an officer will succeed at the Naval Postgraduate School. Thesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200976

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  • Barbara T. Transki

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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