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Measurement Error Obfuscates Scientific Knowledge: Path to Cumulative Knowledge Requires Corrections for Unreliability and Psychometric Meta-Analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2015

Chockalingam Viswesvaran ,
Deniz S. Ones ,
Frank L. Schmidt ,
Huy Le  and
In-Sue Oh
Chockalingam Viswesvaran*
Affiliation:
Florida International University
Deniz S. Ones
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Frank L. Schmidt
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Huy Le
Affiliation:
University of Texas-San Antonio
In-Sue Oh
Affiliation:
Temple University
*
E-mail: vish@fiu.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Florida International University, University Park, Miami FL 33199
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 507 - 518
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