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... The NRC committee's analysis demonstrated that the modest predictive validities of the GATB cause selection errors that weigh more heavily on minority than on majority job applicants. It was the committee's conclusion that this disproportionate impact of selection error provides grounds for adjusting the scores of minority applicants, in order for able minority applicants to have the same chances of referral as equally able majority applicants.
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