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ARE WE VALIDATING MORE BUT PUBLISHING LESS? (THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION ON PUBLISHED VALIDATION RESEARCH–AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION)
Author(s) -
BOEHM VIRGINIA R.
Publication year - 1982
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.1744-6570.1982.tb02193.x
Subject(s) - psychology , sample (material) , predictive validity , exploratory research , aptitude , research design , applied psychology , social psychology , statistics , clinical psychology , social science , developmental psychology , sociology , mathematics , chemistry , chromatography
Criterion‐related validity studies published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology between 1960 and 1979 are examined to determine what changes have occurred in the volume of published research, the types of research design, occupations investigated, predictors and criteria used, and obtained validities. The major changes in the published research are both an absolute and relative decline in the volume of reported validation research, an increase in the average sample size, a decline in the proportion of studies utilizing supervisory rating criteria, a de‐emphasis of aptitude tests as predictors, and a tendency towards greater use of predictive research designs. However, no significant change has occurred in the absolute magnitude of reported validity coefficients during this 20 year period nor in the types of occupations being investigated. These changes are interpreted in terms of increasing governmental intervention in employment selection during the last two decades.