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ERIC Number: EJ536945
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-2896
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Short-Term Memory Tests in Personnel Selection: Low Adverse Impact and High Validity.
Verive, Jennifer M.; McDaniel, Michael A.
Intelligence, v23 n1 p15-32 Jul-Aug 1996
Two meta-analyses, one with 27,973 subjects in 31 studies and one with 34,262 subjects in 141 studies, found that tests of short-term memory are valid predictors of job and training performance and that racial differences are smaller than is usual on cognitive tests. (SLD)
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Meta Analysis, Performance Factors, Personnel Selection, Prediction, Racial Differences, Racial Discrimination, Short Term Memory, Test Use, Test Validity, Training
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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