ON THE NEED FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN VALIDATION RESEARCH
研究发现，在海军陆战队人员选拔中，实际工作表现测试数据存在大量误差，降低了效度系数的准确性。本文展示了如何在统计分析中实施质量控制来提高效度系数的准确性。
The aptitude tests used to help make personnel decisions about military recruits were validated against hands‐on tests of job performance in two Marine Corps occupational specialties, radio repairers and automotive mechanics. The tests were administered by Marine Corps noncommissioned officers. Marine Corps units provided the test administrators, testing facilities, and examinees. Data collected under such conditions are filled with errors that reduce the accuracy of validity coefficients. This paper shows how validity coefficients can be made more accurate by exercising quality control during the statistical analysis.