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Peer reviewedMcGuire, Dennis P. – Psychometrika, 1986
A small data set is used to show that correlations and standard deviations measured within an explicitly selected group need not be smaller than those within an applicant population. Both validity and reliability estimates within a selected group can exceed those within an applicant population. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Correlation, Reliability, Sample Size, Sampling
