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Moving Forward Indirectly: Reanalyzing the validity of employment interviews with indirect range restriction methodology
Author(s) -
Huffcutt Allen I.,
Culbertson Satoris S.,
Weyhrauch William S.
Publication year - 2014
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.12078
Subject(s) - psychology , range (aeronautics) , statistics , selection (genetic algorithm) , econometrics , social psychology , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , engineering , aerospace engineering
This study provides updated estimates of the criterion‐related validity of employment interviews, incorporating indirect range restriction methodology. Using a final dataset of 92 coefficients ( N = 7,389), we found corrected estimates by structural level of .20 (Level 1), .46 (Level 2), .71 (Level 3), and .70 (Level 4). The latter values are noticeably higher than in previous interview meta‐analyses where the assumption was made that all restriction was direct. These results highlight the importance of considering indirect range restriction in selection. However, we found a number of studies involving both indirect and direct restriction, which calls into question the viability of assuming all restriction is now indirect. We found preliminary empirical support for correction of one of these multiple restriction patterns, indirect then direct.