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Publication Date: 1994
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Within-Group Norming and Other Forms of Score Adjustment in Preemployment Testing.
Sackett, Paul R.; Wilk, Steffanie L.
American Psychologist, v49 n11 p929-54 Nov 1994
Reviews the literature on subgroup norming in testing and examines several types of score-adjustment methods. The authors discuss social and policy perspectives as well as the scientific and theoretical underpinnings of score adjustment. (GLR)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Literature Reviews, Minority Groups, Norms, Personnel Selection, Public Policy, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination, Scoring, Scoring Formulas, Test Interpretation, Test Norms, Test Theory, Testing Problems
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Aptitude Test Battery
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