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Predictive Validity of Person Matching at the Scale and Discriminant Analysis Levels
Author(s) -
Burns Stephanie T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/joec.12023
Subject(s) - linear discriminant analysis , psychology , matching (statistics) , scale (ratio) , predictive validity , discriminant validity , kappa , test validity , statistics , test (biology) , social psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , mathematics , internal consistency , biology , paleontology , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
Validity comparisons (including hit rates, kappa coefficients, and chance expectancy rates) were made between person matching at the scale and discriminant analysis levels with 5,143 medical students who had taken an interest inventory and had entered their medical residencies. Person matching using the 30 discriminant analysis items demonstrated the greatest ability to assign test takers to the highest number of occupations at a rate greater than chance.