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Physics GRE Scores of Prize Postdoctoral Fellows in Astronomy | Emily M. Levesque
; Rachel Bezanson
; Grant R. Tremblay
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10 Dec 2015 | Abstract: | The Physics GRE is currently a required element of the graduate admissions
process in nearly all U.S. astronomy programs; however, its predictive power
and utility as a means of selecting "successful" applicants has never been
examined. We circulated a short questionnaire to 271 people who have held U.S.
prize postdoctoral fellowships in astrophysics between 2010-2015, asking them
to report their Physics GRE scores (this should not in any way be interpreted
as a belief that a prize fellowship is the best or only metric of "success" in
astronomy). The response rate was 64%, and the responding sample is unbiased
with respect to the overall gender distribution of prize fellows. The responses
reveal that the Physics GRE scores of prize fellows do not adhere to any
minimum percentile score and show no statistically significant correlation with
the number of first author papers published. As an example, a Physics GRE
percentile cutoff of 60% would have eliminated 44% of 2010-2015 U.S. prize
postdoctoral fellows, including 60% of the female fellows. From these data, we
find no evidence that the Physics GRE can be used as an effective predictor of
"success" either in or beyond graduate school. | Source: | arXiv, 1512.3709 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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