On the Need for Quality Control in Validation Research.

Maier, Milton H.

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ERIC Number: EJ383628

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Publication Date: 1988

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On the Need for Quality Control in Validation Research.

Maier, Milton H.

Personnel Psychology, v41 n3 p497-502 Fall 1988

Validated aptitude tests used to help make personnel decisions about military recruits against hands-on tests of job performance in radio repairers and automotive mechanics. Data were filled with errors, reducing accuracy of validity coefficients. Discusses how validity coefficients can be made more accurate by exercising quality control during statistical analysis. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Auto Mechanics, Job Performance, Military Personnel, Occupational Tests, Personnel Selection, Quality Control, Television Radio Repairers, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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