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14. The GRE subject test in economics is a multiple-choice measure of knowledge and
analytical ability in economics that is used mainly as an entrance criterion for students applying
to Ph.D. programs in the "dismal science." For years, critics have claimed that the GRE, like the
SAT, is biased against women and some ethnic groups. To test the possibility that the GRE
subject test in economics is biased against women, Mary Hirschfeld, Robert Moore and Eleanor
Brown estimated the following equation (standard errors in parentheses):
GRE
i
= 172. 4 + 39.7 G
i
+ 78.9 GPA
i
+ 0.203 SATM
i
+ 0.110 SATV
i
( 10.9 ) ( 10.4 ) ( 0.071 ) ( 0.058 )
n = 149 R
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