An archival sample of 5,272 federal employees who participated
in a concurrent validation study of the Individual Achievement Record
(IAR; Gandy et al., 1989, 1994) was used. All participants had recently
been hired externally for entry-level professional and administrative
positions (e.g., investigators, management and program analysts,
production control workers, contract specialists and administrators,
etc.). Demographic information is provided in Table 2. More information
on the administration and procedures can be found in Gandy et al.
(1994).
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