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- Title
Range Shrinkage of Cognitive Ability Test Scores in Applicant Pools for German Governmental Jobs: Implications for range restriction corrections.
- Authors
Lang, Jonas W. B.; Kersting, Martin; Hülsheger, Ute R.
- Abstract
Range restriction corrections require the predictor standard deviation in the applicant pool of interest. Unfortunately, this information is frequently not available in applied contexts. The common strategy in this type of situations is to use national-norm standard deviation estimates. This study used data from 8,276 applicants applying to nine jobs in German governmental organizations to compare applicant pool standard deviations for two cognitive ability tests with national-norm standard deviation estimates, and standard deviations for the total group of governmental applicants. Results revealed that job- and organizational context-specific applicant pool standard deviations were on average about 10–12% smaller than estimates from national norms, and about 4–6% smaller than standard deviations for the total group of governmental applicants.
- Subjects
GERMANY; COGNITIVE Abilities Test; STANDARD deviations; COGNITIVE ability; JOB applications; EMPLOYEE selection; PERSONNEL management; RESOURCE management
- Publication
International Journal of Selection & Assessment, 2010, Vol 18, Issue 3, p321
- ISSN
0965-075X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2389.2010.00515.x