Selecting bus drivers: Multiple predictors, multiple perspectives on validity, and multiple estimates of utility

Human Performance

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-217

  Jacobs, Rick R ^a   Conte, Jeffrey M ^a   Day, David V ^a   Silva, Jay M ^b   Harris, Russ ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Silva and Associates   (United States)

^c American Public Transportation Association   (United States)

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EID: 0030532867     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup0903_2     Document Type: Review

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