| Abstract: | Comments on the article "Of management and measurement," by C. H. Lawshe (see record 1960-04872-001), which dealt with differential perception of the foreman's duties by ten printing foremen and their supervisors. The current author calls attention to a methodological pitfall which is illustrated in the aforementioned study. A linkage between accuracy of perception (in this case agreement of perception) and criterion of effectiveness may give rise to a spurious correlation. There seems to be a good possibility of such a linkage in the study Lawshe describes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
