Validity generalization for cognitive, psychomotor, and perceptual tests for craft jobs in the utility industry

Human Performance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Levine, Edward L ^a   Spector, Paul E ^a   Menon, Shanker ^a   Narayanan, Lakshmi ^a   Cannon Bowers, Janis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 3042978367     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup0901_1     Document Type: Article

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