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The relationship among three sets of test scores was studied: listening accuracy on a test based on a 12-min audio-video tape of an employment interview, and separate accuracy test scores from the lecture and text portions of three examinations in a course in personnel evalua- tion. Participants were afternoon (N = 32) and evening (N = 22) students taking the course as a graduation requirement. The means and standard deviations for the two sections were not found to be significantly different and were pooled. The intercorrelations between the tests of accuracy were significant (p <.01), and indeed, were not significantly different from each other. A single processing mechanism links perceptual and acoustic systems and acts on the recall and recognition of verbal material whether read or heard. The implications for screening candidates for assignment to interviewing duties are discussed.
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Schuh, A.J. Predicting listening accuracy in the interview with training scores. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 11, 281–282 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336830
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