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Correcting for Range Restriction When the Population Variance is Unknown

Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron OH 44325, U.S.A.

George M. Alliger

Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron OH 44325, U.S.A.

Paul J. Hanges

Department of Psychology, The University of Akron, Akron OH 44325, U.S.A.

Correction of correlations diminished by range re striction is a commonly suggested psychometric tech nique. Such corrections may be appropriate in applied settings, such as educational or personnel selection, or in more theoretical applications, such as meta-analy sis. However, an important limitation on the practice of range restriction corrections exists—an estimate of the unrestricted population variance is required. This article outlines and examines the accuracy of a method for estimating the unrestricted variance of a variable from the restricted sample itself. This method is based on the observation that it is possible to table a func tion of the truncated normal distribution that will al low the extent or point of truncation to be estimated (Cohen, 1959). The correlation of the truncated varia ble with other variables may then be corrected by standard restriction of range formulas. The method also allows for correction of the mean of the restricted variable.

Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 8, No. 4, 431-437 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/014662168400800407


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