[IPAC-List] Paradox in the 1999 APA Standards

[Joel Wiesen]

A paradox that is seen in selection applications is described in the APA 
Standards as follows:

"... a given selection score and criterion threshold will often result 
in proportionately more false negative decisions in groups with lower 
mean test scores. In other words, a lower-scoring group will usually 
have a higher proportion of examinees who are rejected on the basis of 
their test scores even though they would have performed successfully if 
they had been selected. This seeming paradox is a statistical 
consequence of the imperfect correlation between test and criterion."
(AERA, APA, NCME, 1999, page 79, col 2.)

The Standards do not provide a literature citation for this statement.
Can anyone point me to published literature on this topic?

Thx.

Joel


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