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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: The New Rules of the SAT and College Admissions
Today’s blog post is by Dr. Howard Wainer, who is the Distinguished Research Scientist at the National Board of Medical Examiners, as well as Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wainer received his … Continue reading
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The Obama Effect?
Last week the New York Times published an article on a possible Obama effect on test scores of black test takers. It was unusual for a major newspaper to publish a story on a social science study before that study … Continue reading
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Gladwell’s New Yorker Article on Hiring
In my last post I compared a speech given by Malcolm Gladwell in the spring to the content of his new book Outliers, and wondered what had happened to the employee selection angle he had promised in the speech. Well, … Continue reading
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Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers
Recently on a plane the guy beside me was reading the same book I was – Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. My fellow passenger didn’t think this was remarkable as the airport bookstores had huge displays. Gladwell has become somewhat of a … Continue reading
Using College Admissions Exams: Part II
Today’s blog post is the second by Dr. Howard Wainer, who is the Distinguished Research Scientist at the National Board of Medical Examiners, as well as Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wainer … Continue reading
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Is it Time to Dump Job Interviews?
Last week the New York Times published an interview with the authors of Sway, a new book that documents a series of psychological forces that lead people to disregard logic and act irrationally. One chapter in Sway deals with the … Continue reading
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Study Examines Effectiveness of Employment Testing
The May-June edition of the APA’s journal American Psychologist contains an important new study on the effectiveness and validity of employment testing. The study examines the predictive validity of testing in both educational and employment settings. There’s a good summary … Continue reading