Publication Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1-2009

Abstract

Typically, adverse impact (AI) is an after-the-fact analysis: Once predictor scores for a pool of applicants are available, AI is evaluated. Sometimes the analysis is made in real time, as predictor scores are obtained on a set of applicants, and AI calculations are done on a “what if” basis as input to decisions about features such as where to set a cutoff score. The focus of this chapter, however, is on attempts to estimate in advance the likely impact of a given selection system. Here, estimates are made based on available information about the features such as the expected magnitude of subgroup differences, expected interpredictor correlations, and expected predictor-criterion correlations. Such information may be local (e.g., group differences observed the last time a predictor was used) or based on a more general research literature (e.g., group differences reported in publisher manuals or in the published literature for a given predictor type and a given job category).

Discipline

Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Adverse Impact: Implications for Organizational Staffing and High Stakes Selection

Editor

OUTTZ, James L.

First Page

459

Last Page

478

ISBN

9780805863741

Publisher

Routledge Academic

External URL

https://experts.umn.edu/en/publications/decision-aids-for-addressing-the-validity-adverse-impact-tradeoff

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