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JOB‐RELATEDNESS OF A POSTTRAINING JOB KNOWLEDGE CRITERION USE TO ASSESS VALIDITY AND TEST FAIRNESS
Author(s) -
DISTEFANO M. K.,
PRYER MARGARET W.,
CRAIG STELLA H.
Publication year - 1980
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.1744-6570.1980.tb02368.x
Subject(s) - psychology , criterion validity , test (biology) , test validity , predictive validity , vocabulary , content validity , personnel selection , incremental validity , social psychology , statistics , construct validity , clinical psychology , psychometrics , mathematics , paleontology , linguistics , biology , philosophy
Significant job‐relatedness was found for a posttraining job knowledge test criterion using an application of Lawshe's content validity method. The aide test was used as a criterion to assess the predictive validity of a vocabulary test and a civil service test with samples of black ( N = 43) and white ( N = 62) psychiatric aides. Significant validities were found on both tests, but a vocabulary test proved to be the better predictor of the criterion in both samples. The obtained validities were discussed in terms of differential validity, test fairness, and sample size. This study demonstrated that a content validity method could be applied to criteria as well as selection tests. It was concluded that content validity methods may be able to help solve the problem of criterion relevance in validation research by providing quantitative evidence of the job‐relatedness of criteria.