Requirements of Measures: Validity and Meta-Analysis

Mike Smith and Ivan T. Robertson
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Mike Smith: University of Manchester
Ivan T. Robertson: University of Manchester

Chapter 7 in The Theory and Practice of Systematic Personnel Selection, 1993, pp 117-145 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Even if a measure is practical, sensitive and reliable, it is a poor measure unless it is also valid. For example, the circumference of the head might be suggested as a measure of a candidate’s intelligence. This measure would be practical since it would only take a few seconds to obtain. It would be discriminating because the circumference of heads varies by up to 75 mm. It would be reliable because, with reasonable care, a second reading would give more or less the same answer. Yet head circumference is unlikely to be used because it is not valid as an index of intelligence: it has only a very slight relationship with intelligence itself.

Keywords: Predictive Validity; Concurrent Validity; Statistical Artefact; Validity Coefficient; True Validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22754-9_7

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