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Scoring Biodata: Is it rational to be quasi‐rational?
Author(s) -
Cucina Jeffrey M.,
Caputo Pat M.,
Thibodeaux Henry F.,
MacLane Charles N.,
Bayless Julia M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12032
Subject(s) - psychology , keying , personality , social psychology , empirical research , criterion validity , applied psychology , statistics , mathematics , clinical psychology , psychometrics , computer science , construct validity , telecommunications
Five quasi‐rational biodata scales were developed by empirically keying biodata items to predict scores on a measure of the Big Five dimensions of personality. The criterion‐related validities of the quasi‐rational scales were compared to empirical and rational biodata keying methods using supervisory ratings of job performance as the criterion. Empirical keying outperformed the quasi‐rational and rational methods (which had similar validities).