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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1956 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- ISSN
- 0031-5826
- eISSN
- 1744-6570
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1956.tb01070.x
- Publisher site
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Abstract
a competent job of validating 8 selection instrument, the story isn’t ended. Equally important is what happens to the validity of the instrument when it is put into actual industrial or business use. In some cases the administration of the selection test, interview, or weighted application remains the function of the psychologist but for the most part, he passes the instrument along for a less-trained person to utilize. These people are usually less aware of and less concerned about the pitfalls into which theinstrument may fall. The validity of a test, for example, may disappear with careless directions, timing, or scoring. Even such a minor thing as telling the applicant,“Now don’t worry about this test. It doesn’t really count much anyway. . .â€-may spoil the value of the test. Thus there are many dangers to be encountered when a validated instrument is placed in lay hands for day-to-day use. The following data and discussion illustrate what can happen under such conditions. The most useful tool we have found in the selection of new insurance agents has been a weighted application developed by the company. Since 1949 we have used various forms of scoring the information that is obtained
Journal
Personnel Psychology – Wiley
Published: Sep 1, 1956