Comparison of Grade Point Averages and Sat Scores between Reporting and Nonreporting Men and Women and Freshmen and Sophomores

Abstract

To increase data on the accuracy of students reporting their high school and college GPAs and SAT scores the sex and class differences of students who reported their grades and scores and those who did not were examined. Freshmen, sophomores, men, and women who reported their SAT scores had significantly higher SAT-M, SAT-V, and SAT-Total scores than those who did not. Differences between the actual scores of those reporting and those not reporting for the men were greater than those for the women. No consistent pattern was noted for the differences between the actual scores of those reporting and those not reporting for the freshmen and for the sophomores. No significant differences between the actual GPAs for men, women, freshmen, and sophomores reporting grades and those not reporting grades were noted for either high school GPAs or college GPAs.