A misleading review of response bias: Comment on McGrath, Mitchell, Kim, and Hough (2010)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 708-712

  Rohling, Martin L ^a   Larrabee, Glenn J ^b   Greiffenstein, Manfred F ^b   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^c   Lees Haley, Paul ^b   Green, Paul ^d   Greve, Kevin W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Kent State University ^*

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Neurobehavioural Associates   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Employee selection; Moderating variables; Response bias; Suppressor variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959920277     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023327     Document Type: Note

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