Short-term memory tests in personnel selection: Low adverse impact and high validity

Intelligence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-32

  Verive, Jennifer M ^a   McDaniel, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 0002055677     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(96)80003-1     Document Type: Article

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