Records of 402 students (206 men and 196 women) in the Honors Program at Marquette University were studied. The Verbal and Mathematics portions of the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT-V and SAT-M) and high school grade point average (HSGPA) were shown to have moderate predictive validity for the entire group. However, sex differences were seen. Only SAT-M for women was found to have practical usefulness in predicting success in the Honors Program.
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