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Download full textMalouff, John M.; Schutte Nicola S. – 1985
This paper reviews the methods and findings of published research on the validity of police selection procedures. As a preface to the review, the typical police officer selection process is briefly described. Several common methodological deficiencies of the validation research are identified and discussed in detail: (1) use of past-selection…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Interest Inventories, Interviews, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedRhyn, Heinz – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1995
Criticizes and examines the motives behind Charles Murray's "The Bell Curve." Murray's book claimed that many social problems, including crime and poverty among blacks, could be explained by African Americans' lack of intelligence as evidenced by testing. Reveals the book's skewed methodology as well as its interest-guided financial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient
