Normative Test Scores in a Performance‐Oriented Personnel Selection Strategy
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Issue: When benchmarking (as in engagement, work‐ stress, safety, or performance‐related applications), the use of normative scores can be a big mistake. Because if the norm group characteristics change in any way, the entire benchmarking process is rendered problematic. More importantly, if score magnitudes are considered related to performance, then it is the actual score which carries that relationship, not its "normed‐percentile", sten, or T‐score version.
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