Prior selection causes biased estimates of standardized ethnic group differences: Simulation and analysis

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 591-617

  Roth, Philip L ^a   Bobko, Philip ^b   Switzer, Fred S ^a   Dean, Michelle A ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 0035538577     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2001.tb00224.x     Document Type: Article

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