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The Missing Middle in Validation Research
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Taylor, Erwin K.; Griess, Thomas – Personnel Psychology, 1976
In most selection validation research, only the upper and lower tails of the criterion distribution are used, often yielding misleading or incorrect results. Provides formulas and tables which enable the researcher to account more accurately for the distribution of criterion within the middle range of population. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Predictive Validity, Reliability
Heresies of the New Unified Notion of Test Validity.
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Stuck, Ivan – 1995
By focusing on "appropriateness" and "adequacy" of inference and action, unified validity may be misused in rejecting valid test outcomes. The notion of levels of validity is challenged, the necessity of assumption is argued, and experience is proposed as the basis of validity. "Consequential validity" is interpreted as an optional predictive…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Predictive Validity