Not all nonnormal distributions are created equal: Improved theoretical and measurement precision

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1022-1053

  Joo, Harry ^a   Aguinis, Herman ^b   Bradley, Kyle J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Falsification; Generative mechanism; Output; Performance; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; CALL CENTER; CITIZENSHIP; DIFFERENTIATION; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MOVIE; MUSICIAN; OCCUPATION; PSYCINFO; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL MODEL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 85017124578     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000214     Document Type: Article

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