The Impact of Job Analysis on Employment Test Validation for Minority and Nonminority Accounting Personnel.

Kesselman, Gerald A.; Lopez, Felix E.

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ERIC Number: EJ209006

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Publication Date: 1979

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The Impact of Job Analysis on Employment Test Validation for Minority and Nonminority Accounting Personnel.

Kesselman, Gerald A.; Lopez, Felix E.

Personnel Psychology, v32 n1 p91-108 Spr 1979

This study examined (1) the comparative validity of a written job knowledge test constructed on the basis of a systematic job analysis with that of a commercial employment test selected without prior job analysis and (2) the fairness of each test for minority and nonminority job applicants. (Editor/SJL)

Descriptors: Accountants, Culture Fair Tests, Job Analysis, Minority Groups, Occupational Tests, Personnel Selection, Screening Tests, Test Bias, Test Construction, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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