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Peer reviewedHakstian, A. Ralph; Bennet, Richard W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Three multiple-abilities batteries--the Comprehensive Ability Battery, Differential Aptitude Tests, and General Aptitude Test Battery--are briefly discussed, and results of a study involving cross-correlations of the tests in these batteries are presented. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKelman, Mark – Society, 1990
Examines the legitimacy of concern with the disproportionate distribution of false negatives and positives in job screening through imperfectly predictive tests. Argues that false negatives should pose problems for meritocrats concerned with individual over group rights, and that result-oriented quotas must be differentiated from screening with…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Labor Force
