The risk of adverse impact in selections based on a test with known effect size

• Main Authors: DE CORTE, Wilfried, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: adverse impact; selection; test; effect size; Human Resources Management; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5644; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6643/viewcontent/risk.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The authors derive the exact sampling distribution function of the adverse impact (AI) ratio for single-stage, top-down selections using tests with known effect sizes. Subsequently, it is shown how this distribution function can be used to determine the risk that a future selection decision on the basis of such tests will result in an outcome that reflects the presence of AI. The article therefore provides test and selection practitioners with a valuable tool to decide between alternative selection predictors.