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differential validity

1. the accuracy of a battery of tests in discriminating between a person’s subsequent success in two or more different criterion tasks.

2. differences in validity coefficients across groups. For example, the correlation between test scores and job performance may differ for males and females.

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May 8th 2024

profile of a disorder

profile of a disorder

a drawn or mechanically generated outline, often a graph, representing the symptoms and characteristics of a disorder.