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Peer reviewedBell, Richard; Lumsden, James – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1980
The effect of test length on predictive validity is examined empirically. For four tests, the curve of validity against test length had a very gentle slope for the longer tests and all tests could be reduced by more than 60 percent without appreciable decreases in validity. (Author/BW)
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