REEMPHASIZING MARTIN AND TERRISS (1991A) PREDICTING INFREQUENT BEHAVIOR - CLARIFYING THE IMPACT ON FALSE-POSITIVE RATES

High false-positive rates have been used to argue against the use of v alid psychological tests, and this argument is typically adopted when base rates are low. S. L. Martin and W. Terris (1991a) noted that this argument has merit in some situations but is generally inappropriate in the context of personnel selection. G. Ben-Shakhar and M. Bar-Hille l (1993) criticized Martin and Terris's article for a number of reason s. The present article demonstrates that each of these criticisms is e ither inappropriate or incorrect. Furthermore, the authors show that B en-Shakhar and Bar-Hillel's article repeats the same error that was id entified by Martin and Terris.