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We study the intergenerational transmission of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities between parents and sons using population-wide enlistment data. Conscripts are evaluated at the same age and with comparable methods across cohorts, and we correct for measurement error bias in fathers’...
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through two channels: ability and self-efficacy. People with higher cognition scores, who presumably are more capable of …
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Substantial mean score differences and significant adverse impact have long motivated the question of whether cognitive ability tests are biased against certain non-White subgroups. This article presents a framework for understanding the interrelated issues of adverse impact and test bias, with...
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This paper assesses the effects of general and emotional intelligence and personality preferences on academic … was significantly influenced by the sex, intellectual intelligence, introvert or extrovert orientation, thinking or … feeling personality preference and, in some parts of the sample, by the emotional intelligence, and perceiving or judging …
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Conclusions about the validity of cognitive ability and personality measures based on meta-analyses published mostly in the past decade are reviewed at the beginning of this article. Research on major issues in selection that affect the use and interpretation of validation data are then...
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We study the intergenerational transmission of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities between fathers and sons using population-wide enlistment data. Measurement error bias in fathers‘ ability measures is corrected for using two sets of instruments. Results suggest that previous estimates of...
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