Selective citation mars conclusions about test validity and predictive bias

American Psychologist

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-146

  Kuncel, Nathan R ^a,b,c   Sackett, Paul R ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Technical Advisory Committee of the GRE Board   (United States)

^c MER Institute   (United States)

^d Research Advisory Committee of the College Board

^e GRE Board of Director ^*

^f Research Advisory Committee of Psychological Servieces Inc

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Affirmative admissions policies; Affirmative diversity; Compelling interest of diversity; Equal opportunity; Ethnic minority pipeline in psychology; Psychologists of color

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POLICY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847407087     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/003-066X62.2.145     Document Type: Note

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