Beginning in the 1970s, two developments dramatically changed in employee selections. First, the development of meta-analysis, arguably one of the most influential methodological developments in recent decades, made it possible to cumulate quantitatively the results of large numbers of small-scale studies, resulting in a quasi-massive-scale study. Second, the results of large-scale studies of military personnel and others also became available. The results of both kinds of studies provided strong evidence of remarkably general validity for cognitive ability tests for selection across a broad range of jobs. Given this state of affairs, it is not surprising that some have argued for near universal use of cognitive ability tests as the primary selection tool. In addition to the positive results from meta-analytic and large-scale predictive-validity studies, cognitive ability tests are remarkably practical. After 85 years of research, cognitive ability tests are among the most reliable......

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Title: Employee Selection
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