Browsing by Subject "corrections"

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    • Criterion-Related Validity in Multiple-Hurdle Designs: Estimation and Bias 

      Jorge L. Mendoza; David E. Bard; Michael D. Mumford; Siew C. Ang (Organizational Research Methods, 2004-10-01)
      Employee selection often involves a series of sequential tests (or hurdles). However, validation strategies under this complex design are not found in the literature. Missing is a discussion of the statistical properties ...

    • Inmate Recidivism as a Measure of Private Prison Performance 

      Andrew L. Spivak; Susan F. Sharp (Crime & Delinquency, 2008-07-01)
      The growth of the private corrections industry has elicited interest in the comparative performance of state and private prisons. One way to measure the service quality of private prisons is to examine inmates' postrelease ...