Prior research experience is widely considered by graduate school admissions committees in the United States of America. Here, we use meta‐analytic methods and data from 18 unique samples and a total sample size of 3,525 students to shed light on the validity of prior research experience as a predictor of graduate school performance. Prior research experience was largely unrelated to academic performance (ρ = .01, k = 8, N = 1,419), degree attainment (ρ = .05, k = 3, N = 140), professional/practice performance (ρ = .06, k = 4, N = 1,120), and publication performance (ρ = .11, k = 7, N = 1,094). We also discuss whether consideration of prior research experience may unfairly disadvantage the students with lower levels of SES, students with childcare or eldercare responsibilities, and students from institutions at which research opportunities are limited.

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应将研究经验用于入读研究生院：现有证据的讨论和荟萃分析综合

美利坚合众国研究生院招生委员会广泛考虑了先前的研究经验。在这里，我们使用荟萃分析的方法和来自18个独特样本的数据以及3,525名学生的总样本量，阐明了先前研究经验作为研究生学习成绩预测指标的有效性。先前的研究经验与学业表现（ρ  = .01，k  = 8，N  = 1,419），学位程度（ρ  = .05，k  = 3，N  = 140），专业/实践表现（ρ  = .06）无关。 ，k  = 4，N = 1,120），并且发布效果（ρ = 0.11，k = 7，N  = 1,094）。我们还讨论了考虑先前的研究经验是否会不公平地不利于SES水平较低的学生，承担托儿或长者监护职责的学生以及来自研究机会有限的机构的学生。