A cautionary note on the effects of range restriction on predictor intercorrelations

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 538-544

  Sackett, Paul R ^a   Lievens, Filip ^b   Berry, Christopher M ^a   Landers, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ability; Interview; Meta analysis; Predictor intercorrelations; Range restriction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 33947362983     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.2.538     Document Type: Article

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