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| Journal of Educational… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
When the precise basis of selection effect on correlation and regression equations is unknown but can be modeled by selection on a variable that is highly but not perfectly related to observed scores, the selection effects can lead to the commonly observed "overprediction" results in studies of predictive bias. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Bias, Correlation, Higher Education, Prediction
