Validity, fairness, and group differences
Tough questions for selection testing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6110726 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diane F Halpern (0000-0003-2067-5294, California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-62 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology Public Policy and Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1076-8971 • E-ISSN: 1939-1528 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/1076-8971.6.1.56 |
| OpenAlex | W2049192177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Selection tests, such as those used for college admissions, present multiple dilemmas for psychometricians, who grapple with intractable problems in measurement, and the lay public, whose lives are affected by test scores they often do not understand or trust. Criterion studies utilize convenient criteria that have little meaningful significance, such as grades, and the validity coefficients are necessarily low because of range restrictions and the low reliability of grades. Both supporters and detractors of college admissions tests are correct in their assessment: College admissions tests can account for only a small percentage of the variance in success in school and in life, but even a small reduction of variance substantially reduces uncertainty and improves admissions decisions. Admissions testing can and should be improved. Numerous suggestions for improving admissions testing are presented, including ways to reduce group differences without sacrificing construct validity. The effect of the suggested changes on predictive validity is an empirical question and a question about fairness and values
Construct validity · Economics · Empirical research · Predictive validity · Psychometrics · Significance testing · Statistics · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medical Education and Admissions · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |