Hit-rate bias in mental testing

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-28

  Schönemann, Peter H ^a   Thompson, William W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; Base rate problem; GATB; High school record; Hit rate bias; Point biserial correlation; Psychometrics; SAT; Selection; Test bias; Test theory; Test validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039928833     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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