Schmidt, Frank L.Johnson, Raymond H.Gugel, John F.2011-01-272011-01-271978Schmidt, Frank L, Johnson, Raymond H & Gugel, John F. (1978). Utility of policy capturing as an approach to graduate admissions decision making. Applied Psychological Measurement, 2, 347-359. doi:10.1177/014662167800200307doi:10.1177/014662167800200307https://hdl.handle.net/11299/99357The present study examined and evaluated the application of linear policy-capturing models to the real-world decision task of graduate admissions. Major findings were that (1) effectiveness of policy capturing was moderated by psychology sub-areas, with the experimental and clinical subgroups showing the highest and lowest predictability, respectively ; (2) utility of the policy-capturing models was great enough to be of practical significance; and (3) least squares weights showed no predictive advantage over equal weights.enArticle