Quantitative Analysis of a Licensing Examination Using Adverse Impact.

Chesney, James D.; Engel, Rafael J.

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ERIC Number: EJ282157

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Quantitative Analysis of a Licensing Examination Using Adverse Impact.

Chesney, James D.; Engel, Rafael J.

Evaluation and the Health Professions, v6 n1 p115-29 Mar 1983

This study of the nursing examination for licensure in Michigan shows how adverse impact may be used as a legally mandated, quantitative tool to assess selection procedures in nursing and other health professions. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Certification, Health Occupations, Nurses, Occupational Tests, Personnel Selection, Racial Discrimination, Social Discrimination, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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