Pr. Sackett et Sl. Wilk, WITHIN-GROUP NORMING AND OTHER FORMS OF SCORE ADJUSTMENT IN PREEMPLOYMENT TESTING, The American psychologist, 49(11), 1994, pp. 929-954
Various forms of score adjustment have been suggested and used when me
an differences by gender, race, or ethnicity are found using preemploy
ment tests. This article examines the rationales for score adjustment
and describes and compares different forms of score adjustment, includ
ing within-group norming, bonus points, separate cutoffs, and banding.
It reviews the legal environment for personnel selection and the circ
umstances leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. It e
xamines score adjustment in the use of cognitive ability tests, person
ality inventories, interest inventories, scored biographical data, and
physical ability tests and outlines the implications for testing prac
tice of various interpretations of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.