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Content Validity and Murphy's Angst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Irwin L. Goldstein*
Affiliation:
University System of Maryland
Sheldon Zedeck
Affiliation:
University of California
*
E-mail: Irv@usmd.edu, Address: University System of Maryland, 3300 Metzerott Road, Adelphi, MD 20783

Abstract

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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Footnotes

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Department of Psychology, University of California

References

Goldstein, I. L., Zedeck, S., & Schneider, B. (1993). An exploration of the job analysis—Content validity process. In Schmitt, N. & Borman, W. C. (Eds.), Personnel selection in organizations. (pp. 3–34) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Google Scholar
Murphy, K. R. (2009). Content validation is useful for many things, but validity isn't one of them. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2, 454464.Google Scholar
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. (2003). Principles for the validation and use of personnel selection procedures (4th ed.). Bowling Green, OH: Author.Google Scholar