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Frank L. Schmidt is an American psychology professor known for his work in personnel selection and employment testing. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Schmidt is a researcher in the area of industrial and organizational psychology with the most number of publications in the two major journals in the 1980s. Industrial and Organizational Psychology (also known as I/O psychology, work psychology, work and organizational psychology, occupational psychology, [1] In the 1990's he was the 4th most published researcher. [1]

He is well known for his research on the development and application of validity generalization methods. These methods estimate the predictive validity of employment tests. This research has demonstrated that these validities generalize across organizations and job settings. Schmidt also developed psychometric meta-analysis methods used in a wide variety of research areas. Psychometrics is the field of study concerned with the theory and technique of Educational and Psychological Measurement, which includes the measurement In Statistics, a meta-analysis combines the results of several studies that address a set of related research hypotheses He also testifies as an expert witness specializing in employment selection. An expert witness is a Witness, who by virtue of Education, Training, Skill, or Experience, is believed to have Knowledge

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Career

Schmidt earned his BA in Psychology from Bellarmine College in 1966, then attended Purdue University to study industrial psychology, earning an M.S. in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1970. Bellarmine University is an independent Roman Catholic liberal-arts University in Louisville Kentucky; it is the largest traditional Non-profit A Master of Science ( Latin: Magister Scientiæ; abbreviated MSc, M "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. From 1970 to 1973 he was Assistant Professor of Industrial Psychology, Michigan State University, fall 1970 to spring 1973, earning tenure and serving as an Associate Professor until 1974. Michigan State University ( MSU) is a co-educational public Research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA. He was Research Professor of Industrial Psychology at George Washington University from spring 1976 to fall 1985. The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D During that time he was Visiting Professor, Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia, in 1982. The AGSM no longer exists as a school and is now a brand of the The Australian School of Business applied to its management teaching and management research centers Schmidt is currently the Ralph L. Sheets Professor of Human Resources, Department of Management and Organizations, at the University of Iowa, where he has taught since 1985. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River

He authored an important and widely-cited textbook on Meta-Analysis with John E. Hunter titled Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings. John E "Jack" Hunter ( 29 March 1939 – June 26 2002) was an American Psychology professor known for his

In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal. "Mainstream Science on Intelligence" was an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal on December 13, 1994. Linda Susanne Gottfredson (born 24 June 1947) is a professor of Educational psychology at the University of Delaware and co-director of the Delaware- [2][3]

Awards and recognition

He has served on the editorial boards of

Students have included Deniz Ones (UMN), Vish Viswesvaran (FIU), Mike McDaniel (VCU), Ken Pearlman, and Huy Le (UCF), In-Sue Oh (Iowa), Jonathan Shaffer (Iowa). Journal of Applied Psychology is a publication of the APA.It has a high impact factor for its field

Selected bibliography

He (co)authored about 170 research papers in journals and presented at the academic conferences about 300 times. His work has been cited more than 8,000 times as of 2006. He is still active in teaching and research.

References

  1. ^ a b Ones, DS & Viswesvaran, C. (2000). Most Published Authors in Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology During the 1990s.
  2. ^ Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. "Mainstream Science on Intelligence" was an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal on December 13, 1994. Wall Street Journal, p A18.
  3. ^ Frank L. Schmidt profile via University of Iowa
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