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Requirements of Measures: Validity and Meta-Analysis

In: The Theory and Practice of Systematic Personnel Selection

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  • Mike Smith

    (University of Manchester)

  • Ivan T. Robertson

    (University of Manchester)

Abstract

Even if a measure is practical, sensitive and reliable, it is a poor measure unless it is also valid. For example, the circumference of the head might be suggested as a measure of a candidate’s intelligence. This measure would be practical since it would only take a few seconds to obtain. It would be discriminating because the circumference of heads varies by up to 75 mm. It would be reliable because, with reasonable care, a second reading would give more or less the same answer. Yet head circumference is unlikely to be used because it is not valid as an index of intelligence: it has only a very slight relationship with intelligence itself.

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  • Mike Smith & Ivan T. Robertson, 1993. "Requirements of Measures: Validity and Meta-Analysis," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Theory and Practice of Systematic Personnel Selection, edition 0, chapter 7, pages 117-145, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-22754-9_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22754-9_7
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