Journal of Applied Psychology 2025

Addressing the diversity-validity dilemma in personnel selection: Unraveling the impact of multipenalty optimized regression in varied testing scenarios.

Andrew B. Speer¹; Louis Hickman²; Q. Chelsea Song¹; James Perrotta³; Rick Jacobs⁴; Dawn Lambert⁵

¹ Indiana University · ² Virginia Tech · ³ Wayne State University · ⁴ Pennsylvania State University · ⁵ Moog (United States)

Abstract

< 150) with item-level scoring. Pareto-NBI also became computationally intensive with many predictors, making MOR better suited for big data. Finally, in Study 2, MOR exhibited similar criterion-related validity and lower adverse impact risk relative to other methods across six real-life assessment contexts. We provide recommendations for using multiobjective optimization methods in personnel selection. (PsycInfo Database Record

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10.1037/apl0001282

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