Biodata validity decay and score inflation with faking: Do item attributes explain variance across items?

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 573-592

  Graham, Kenneth E ^a   Mcdaniel, Michael A ^b   Douglas, Elizabeth F ^c   Snell, Andrea F ^d  

^a Caliber Associates   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Akron ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodata; Faking; Item attributes; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036258507     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015454319119     Document Type: Article

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