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Peer reviewedGross, Alan L. – Psychometrika, 1973
Expressions for the expected value, density, and distribution function (DF) of GS (gain from selection) are derived and studied in terms of sample size, number of predictors, and the prior distribution assigned to the population multiple correlation. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, Item Sampling, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedMobley, William H.; Ramsay, Robert S. – Personnel Psychology, 1973
The present research was stimulated by three related problems frequently faced in validation research: viable procedures for combining similar jobs in order to assess the validity of various predictors, for assessing groups of jobs represented in previous validity studies, and for assessing the applicability of validity findings between units.…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Factor Analysis, Generalization, Job Analysis
Peer reviewedHuck, James R. – Personnel Psychology, 1973
In order to be effective, companies must use every meaningful approach to find individuals with high potential who might otherwise be overlooked in the complex organizational structure. In an effort to be more efficient, industrial firms and governmental agencies utilized multiple assessment procedures to identify and develop managerial personnel.…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Industry, Labor Needs, Managerial Occupations
Peer reviewedKrishnan, K. S.; Clelland, R. C. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1973
This study's main purpose was to determine whether or not standard predictors of college success'' might perform more satisfactorily than usual if a 2-valued criterion based on dropouts was employed. (Author)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Freshmen, Discriminant Analysis
Peer reviewedEdwards, Susan; Knott, Raymond – Language Testing, 1994
Reports on research to develop a descriptive framework capable of revealing relevant linguistic features of aphasic speech. Spontaneous speech samples collected from aphasic and normal speakers in dyadic conversational settings and from monologic picture descriptions are transcribed; lexical, phrasal and causal elements are coded and quantified.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication Disorders, Data Analysis, Data Collection
