Book chapter
Retaking Employment Tests: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Annual review of organizational psychology and organizational behavior, pp.445-471
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Annual Reviews
01/01/2017
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113349
Abstract
The extent to which test scores change upon retesting has important implications for both organizations and individuals who apply to those organizations. We review research on retesting and score changes that dates back nearly 100 years. Our findings suggest that compared to initial test scores, retest scores tend to be higher, more varied, and more reliable and tend to demonstrate somewhat stronger relations with criteria such as academic and job performance. There also is some evidence that retesting can change the constructs test scores reflect. However, empirical research has yet to clearly delineate factors that underlie such differences between initial and retest scores. We discuss implications of these findings for organizations and applicants. We also identify key unanswered questions about retesting that future research should address.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Retaking Employment Tests: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
- Creators
- Chad H. Van Iddekinge - Florida State University College of BusinessJohn D. Arnold - Florida State University
- Contributors
- Frederick P Morgeson (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Annual review of organizational psychology and organizational behavior, pp.445-471
- Series
- Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113349
- eISSN
- 2327-0616
- ISSN
- 2327-0608
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews; PALO ALTO
- Number of pages
- 27
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380540302771
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