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Evidence of Content Matching Is Evidence of Validity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

George C. Thornton III*
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
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E-mail: George.Thornton@colostate.edu, Address: George C. Thornton III, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.

Abstract

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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