Table 2. The predictive power of GRE scores and other admissions criteria on Graduation with a Ph.D.
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GRE Quantitative | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.00 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 |
[-0.04, 0.03] | [-0.04, 0.04] | [-0.04, 0.04] | [-0.04, 0.04] | [-0.05, 0.03] | [-0.04, 0.04] | [-0.05, 0.03] | [-0.05, 0.03] | [-0.05, 0.03] | |
GRE Verbal | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
[-0.04, 0.05] | [-0.03, 0.05] | [-0.04, 0.05] | [-0.04, 0.04] | [-0.04, 0.04] | [-0.05, 0.04] | [-0.04, 0.04] | [-0.04, 0.04] | ||
GRE Writing | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.02 | ||
[-0.05, 0.03] | [-0.05, 0.03] | [-0.06, 0.02] | [-0.06, 0.02] | [-0.06, 0.02] | [-0.06, 0.02] | [-0.06, 0.02] | |||
Undergraduate GPA | 0.04* | 0.05* | 0.05** | 0.05** | 0.05* | 0.05* | |||
[0.00, 0.08] | [0.01, 0.09] | [0.01, 0.09] | [0.01, 0.09] | [0.01, 0.09] | [0.01, 0.09] | ||||
Undergraduate Inst. Selectivity | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.03 | -0.03 | -0.03 | ||||
[-0.06, 0.02] | [-0.06, 0.01] | [-0.07, 0.01] | [-0.07, 0.01] | [-0.06, 0.02] | |||||
Prior Advanced Degree | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |||||
[-0.04, 0.31] | [-0.04, 0.31] | [-0.05, 0.31] | [-0.05, 0.31] | ||||||
Underrepresented Minority | -0.12* | -0.13* | -0.13* | ||||||
[-0.24, 0.00] | [-0.25, -0.01] | [-0.24, -0.01] | |||||||
International | 0.08 | 0.08 | |||||||
[-0.10, 0.26] | [-0.10, 0.26] | ||||||||
Female | 0.02 | ||||||||
[-0.05, 0.10] | |||||||||
Adjusted R-Squared | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 |
Observations | 495 | 495 | 495 | 495 | 495 | 495 | 495 | 495 | 495 |
Regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals are reported from linear regressions of Graduation with a Ph.D. on GRE Quantitative (Column (1)), the addition of the other GRE subtests (Columns (2) and (3)) and the addition of other admissions variables (Columns (4)-(9)). Continuous variables were standardized prior to entering the models. Binary variables are shaded gray. Cohort fixed effects are included for each model. Adjusted R-squared is presented for each model.
*p < .05.
**p < .01.
***p < .001.