ULTIMATE VALIDITY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL-TESTS

被引:70
作者
OTOOLE, BI [1 ]
STANKOV, L [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SYDNEY,DEPT PSYCHOL,SYDNEY,NSW 2006,AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/0191-8869(92)90241-G
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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This paper presents the outcome of a large-scale epidemiological study which shows that a test of general intelligence-The Australian Army General Classification test-is a good predictor of mid-life mortality. This conclusion was reached through a series of univariate and multivariate (i.e. multiple regression) analyses in which death rate was employed as the criterion and 57 psychological and demographic variables acted as predictors.
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