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The employer-employee Relationship: A phenomenological Study of Retention and the Information Technology Worker In University of California data, I find evidence that observable background characteristics—particularly those describing the composition of the school, rather than the individual’s own background—are strong predictors of both SAT scores and collegiate performance, and that much of the SAT’s apparent predictive power derives from its association with these background characteristics. This suggests that the SAT may not be a crucial part of the performance-maximizing admissions rule, as the background variables themselves provide nearly all the information contained in SAT scores. It also suggests that existing predictive validity evidence does not establish the frequent...