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Let me in! The predictive validity of graduate management admissions test and other variables in the admission system of Masters of Business Administration programmes

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  • Jesús Tanguma
  • Laura Serviere-Munoz
  • Aleida D. Gonzalez

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Data were collected from a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programme in a public university in the southern part of Texas. Analysis of variance results indicate that there are gender as well as ethnicity effects. Similarly, regression results indicate that only ethnicity and gender of the subjects contributed significantly in predicting the students' graduate grade point average. However, different predictors account for the variance depending on the ethnicity/gender. Women scored lower graduate management admissions tests, but they surpassed their counterparts in academic performance during the MBA programme, raising questions as to the predictive validity of such exam. Finally, a change in the graduate admission system calls for consideration of soft issues when engaging in processes reengineering.

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  • Jesús Tanguma & Laura Serviere-Munoz & Aleida D. Gonzalez, 2012. "Let me in! The predictive validity of graduate management admissions test and other variables in the admission system of Masters of Business Administration programmes," International Journal of Business and Systems Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(2), pages 209-223.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbsre:v:6:y:2012:i:2:p:209-223
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