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Conceptual and Technical Issues in Conducting and Interpreting Differential Prediction Analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Paul R. Sackett*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Philip Bobko
Affiliation:
Gettysburg College
*
E-mail: psackett@umn.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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