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The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytic scores and undergraduate and graduate grade-point averages (U-GPA and G-GPA) for 320 Hispanics and 632 Anglos admitted to graduate school at the University of Texas at El Paso over the past 5 years were evaluated. Multivariate analyses revealed that Anglos scored significantly higher than Hispanics on both U-GPA and G-GPA and all three GRE scores. Multiple regression analyses for the ethnic group, with U-GPA and GRE scores used to predict G-GPA, showed higher correlations for the Anglos compared to Hispanics, although both had relatively poor predictive validity. The regression coefficients for all three GRE scores for the Hispanic group were zero, which reflects no relationship between the GRE and graduate grades; this makes the use of the GRE in selection of Hispanics for graduate school questionable.

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Comparison of Hispanic and Anglo Graduate Record Examination Scores and Academic Performance

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