Abstract
With regard to the recent controversy about the predictive validity of the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the present study was designed to investigate the long-range predictive and differential validities of this measure. Data for 1284 students who entered the Jefferson Medical College from 1965 through 1974 were analyzed by dividing them into four quarter groups from high to low based upon their scores on the Verbal and Mathematics portions of the SAT. By applying analysis of variance, statistically significant differences were found among high scorers (examinees in the top quarter) and low scorers (examinees in the bottom quarter) of the SAT relative to the yearly grade point averages (GPAs) and average standing on comprehensive examinations in medical school in the favor of high SAT scorers. The convergent and divergent validities of the SAT over an extended range of time were supported.
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