Content Validity and Cognitive Tests: Response to Kehoe (2012), Ployhart (2012), and Sackett (2012)

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-35

  Schmidt, Frank L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84857299415     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2012.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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