Comments on Some Problems of Employment Testing.

Ebel, Robert L.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Comments on Some Problems of Employment Testing

Ebel, Robert L.

Personnel Psychology, 30, 1, 55-63, Spr 77

More precise conception of the functions and limitations of prediction, validation, construct validity, and criterion referenced tests will not solve the problems which must be faced in using tests. It will not repel many of the current attacks on testing. But it should enable test specialists to think more clearly about some of those problems. (Author)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Employment Qualifications, Predictive Validity, Psychological Studies, Psychological Testing, Psychometrics, Test Validity

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