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... Therefore, recommendations in the 1989 report concerning improvements and revisions to the GATB were predicated on empirical evidence regarding the test's predictive validities; on empirical evidence regarding differences in test performance across various applicant groups; and on the assumption that score adjustments (based on performance) were an acceptable and scientifically valid method of giving equally able minority and majority applicants roughly equal referral chances, with only negligible effects on efficiency and productivity.
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