Predictive Validity of the Test of English as a Foreign Language for Asian Graduate Students in Engineering, Chemistry, or Mathematics
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 37 (2) , 461-463
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001316447703700221
Abstract
The validity of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was examined in relation to prediction of success of 50 Asian students who had completed master's programs in engineering, chemistry, or mathematics. A significant correlation (r = .40, p < .01) was obtained between scores from the TOEFL and overall grade point average. A regression equation using scores from the TOEFL and Verbal section of the Graduate Record Examination was developed.Keywords
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