Challenging Conclusions About Predictive Bias Against Hispanic Test Takers in Personnel Selection

Sackett, PR (通讯作者),Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, Elliott Hall,75 East River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA.
2023-2
Berry et al. (2020) noted that predictive bias is a function of three factors: subgroup mean difference on the predictor (d(x)), subgroup mean difference on the criterion (d(y)), and test validity (r(xy)). They used meta-analytic estimates of each of these three to examine predictive bias against Hispanic test takers when cognitive tests are used in personnel selection. They found that tests underpredict Hispanic job performance by an average of .21 SDs, which would call into question the fairness of cognitive test use in personnel selection. We located 119 studies in which all three parameters-d(y), d(x), and r(xy)-could be obtained, thus holding sample, setting, and operationalization constant in estimating the three parameters within each study. This produced a substantially different conclusion: We find that tests overpredict Hispanic performance by .04-.20 SDs, depending on assumptions made about artifact corrections. Factors contributing to differences between the two studies include differences in range restriction corrections, sample incomparability, and Berry et al.'s use of r(xy) estimated from the total sample rather than within the majority subgroup.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
卷号:108|期号:2|页码:341-349
ISSN:0021-9010|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business
被引频次(WOS)
2
被引频次(其他)
2
180天使用计数
3
2013以来使用计数
6
EISSN
1939-1854
出版年
2023-2
DOI
10.1037/apl0000978
学科领域
循证管理学
关键词
bias in testing cognitive ability job performance predictive bias
WOS学科分类
Psychology, Applied Management