Mark Lyon
Biographic Data
| ID | 9253690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Lyon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Lyon |
| SIGNATURE | LYON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Minority Group Status and Bias in College Admissions Criteria
Cleary's and Thorndike's definition of bias in college admissions criteria (ACT scores and high school percentile rank) were examined for black, white, and Jewish students. Use of the admissions criteria tended to overpredict blacks' performance, accurately predict whites' performance, and underpredict that of Jews. In light of Cleary's definition, the admissions criteria proved bias only against Jews. Employing Thorndike's definition led to simi…
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Minority Group Status and Bias in College Admissions Criteria
Cleary's and Thorndike's definition of bias in college admissions criteria (ACT scores and high school percentile rank) were examined for black, white, and Jewish students. Use of the admissions criteria tended to overpredict blacks' performance, accurately predict whites' performance, and underpredict that of Jews. In light of Cleary's definition, the admissions criteria proved bias only against Jews. Employing Thorndike's definition led to simi…
Demography (1 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (1 works) · Mathematics (1 works) · Medical Education and Admissions (1 works) · Percentile (1 works) · Percentile rank (1 works) · Psychology (1 works) · Sociology (1 works) · Statistics (1 works) · White (mutation) (1 works)