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Cognitive Ability Tests and the Situational Interview: A Test of Incremental Validity
Author(s) -
Delery John E.,
Wright Patrick M.,
McArthur Kari,
Anderson D. Christopher
Publication year - 1994
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/j.1468-2389.1994.tb00129.x
Subject(s) - psychology , incremental validity , situational ethics , cognition , concurrent validity , cognitive interview , test (biology) , applied psychology , test validity , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , paleontology , internal consistency , biology
This study investigated the validity and incremental validity of a situational interview beyond that of a composite measure of cognitive ability. Forty‐seven factory service technicians underwent an interview and took four cognitive ability tests. Supervisors rated the performance of these subjects in a concurrent validation study. The interview was found to be a valid predictor of a supervisor rating of performance (r = 0.32, p < 0.05 uncorrected), however, was unable to show incremental validity over ability tests (Incremental R 2 = 0.05, n.s.). Limitations of the present study and directions for future research are discussed.