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William A. Owens
Researcher at University of Georgia
Publications - 23
Citations - 1154
William A. Owens is an academic researcher from University of Georgia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodata & Higher education. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 23 publications receiving 1125 citations.
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Methodology Review: Principles, Procedures, and Findings in the Application of Background Data Measures
TL;DR: A review and critique of the background data literature is provided in this article, where four principal methods for scaling background data items are examined: rational scaling, factorial scaling, empirical keying, and subgrouping.
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Biographical Data in Employment Selection: Can Validities Be Made Generalizable?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the organizational specificity of biodata validity results from the methods typically used to select and key items and showed that the two most valid predictors of job performance are cognitive ability tests and biodata instruments.