论文标题
通过建模物理GRE分数来调查对研究生课程入学的机构影响
Investigating institutional influence on graduate program admissions by modelling physics GRE cut-off scores
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论文摘要
尽管限制了代表性不足的种族和族裔申请人的访问权限，但在物理学研究生计划中使用硬或软的GRE临界分数的实践仍然是减少申请人库的流行方法。本研究认为，申请人的本科机构是否通过对五所大学招生办公室的申请数据进行对物理学的临界分数进行建模，从而对录取过程有任何影响。进行了两种基于推论和预测建模的不同方法。尽管在特征之间的相对重要性上存在一些分歧，但两种方法在很大程度上同意，包括机构信息（包括机构信息）大大有助于分析。两种模型都确定了机构效应与已知重要性（例如性别和本科GPA）相媲美的案例。由于结果在许多截止分数中都是稳定的，因此我们主张反对在入学中采用物理GRE截止分数的做法。
Despite limiting access to applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, the practice of using hard or soft GRE cut-off scores in physics graduate program admissions is still a popular method for reducing the pool of applicants. The present study considers whether the undergraduate institutions of applicants have any influence on the admissions process by modelling a physics GRE cut-off score with application data from admissions offices of five universities. Two distinct approaches based on inferential and predictive modelling are conducted. While there is some disagreement regarding the relative importance between features, the two approaches largely agree that including institutional information significantly aids the analysis. Both models identify cases where the institutional effects are comparable to factors of known importance such as gender and undergraduate GPA. As the results are stable across many cut-off scores, we advocate against the practice of employing physics GRE cut-off scores in admissions.
