Predictive Validity of the LSAT [electronic resource] : A National Summary of the 1990-1992 Correlation Studies. LSAC Research Report Series / Linda F. Wightman.
One purpose of this study was to summarize data across schools to provide documentation of the generalizability of the claim of validity of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) for use in the law school admission process. A more important purpose is to provide national longitudinal data for law scho...
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| Summary: | One purpose of this study was to summarize data across schools to provide documentation of the generalizability of the claim of validity of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) for use in the law school admission process. A more important purpose is to provide national longitudinal data for law schools to examine against their school-specific data to help them increase their understanding of their own admission process. For the 3-year period 1990 through 1992, 167 schools participated in correlation studies in each year. The 3-year national summary of the LSAT correlation studies in these years lends continued support for the validity of the LSAT in the law school admission process. Findings show that the combination of LSAT and undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) is a useful predictor of academic performance in the first year of law school. As has always been the case, the combined predictors continue to be superior to either predictor alone for predicting first-year average. LSAT results alone continues to be a better predictor than UGPA alone. The median validity of the LSAT alone is 0.41, compared with 0.26 for the UGPA alone. Cross validation studies support the use of regression equations based on previous first-year classes to predict future performance of law school applicants. (SLD) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED468951. |
| Physical Description: | 32 pages. |