Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2009):

Strong claims and weak evidence: reassessing the predictive validity of the IAT.

Full Abstract

The authors reanalyzed data from 2 influential studies-A. R. McConnell and J. M. Leibold and J. C. Ziegert and P. J. Hanges-that explore links between implicit bias and discriminatory behavior and that have been invoked to support strong claims about the predictive validity of the Implicit Association Test. In both of these studies, the inclusion of race Implicit Association Test scores in regression models reduced prediction errors by only tiny amounts, and Implicit Association Test scores did not permit prediction of individual-level behaviors. Furthermore, the results were not robust when the impact of rater reliability, statistical specifications, and/or outliers were taken into account, and reanalysis of A. R. McConnell & J. M. Leibold (2001) revealed a pattern of behavior consistent with a pro-Black behavioral bias, rather than the anti-Black bias suggested in the original study. (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved.

Author information

Author/s: Blanton, Hart (H); Jaccard, James (J); Klick, Jonathan (J); Mellers, Barbara (B); Mitchell, Gregory (G); Tetlock, Philip E (PE);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of applied psychology (J Appl Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-May; vol 94 (issue 3) : pp 567-82; discussion 583-603

Dates: Created 2009/05/19; Completed 2009/07/13;

PMID: 19449998, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 7/24/2009, IMS Date: )

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: J Appl Psychol. 2005 May;90(3):553-62. (PMID: 15910149)

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Adult African Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Bias (Epidemiology) European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Female Humans Interpersonal Relations Job Application Judgment

Male Nonverbal Communication Observer Variation Prejudice Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data Race Relations Reproducibility of Results Unconscious (Psychology) Word Association Tests - statistics & numerical data

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