An application of a decision-theoretic model to a quota-free selection problem

Gershon Ben-Shakhar, Michal Beller

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Abstract

Demonstrated a possible application of a threshold utility model for evaluating the student selection procedure based on 1,554 applications made to the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Results show that the predictor was useful, unless its costs were very large. This conclusion is generalizable across the different definitions of success, since the utility ratios and the prior probabilities of success tended to neutralize one another. (14 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)137-146
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Applied Psychology
Volume68
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1983

Keywords

  • application of threshold utility model to evaluation of student selection procedure, college students

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