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MODERATORS AND SUBGROUPS 1
Author(s) -
OWENS WILLIAM A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1978.tb00443.x
Subject(s) - psychology , meaning (existential) , variance (accounting) , social psychology , simple (philosophy) , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , epistemology , psychotherapist , philosophy , accounting , business
It is argued that an alternative preferable to the use of moderators is subgrouping subjects on the basis of the patterns or profiles of their scores across several dimensions of significance. This means that the variance between subgroups is of primary concern. Evidence is presented to suggest that, as implied, the simple fact of subgroup membership will often significantly enhance both meaning and prediction.