Why Do Quantitative Scores on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)

question 107

Multiple Choice

Why do quantitative scores on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) have higher predictive validity for graduate students in English than verbal scores do?

• A) Quantitative items predict verbal abilities better than verbal items do in all people.
• B) People who have high quantitative scores are generally smarter in all other areas as well.
• C) Verbal items on the GRE have lower reliability than quantitative items.
• D) All graduate students in English tend to have similar (high) verbal scores.

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