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Complex Predictions and Assessor Mystique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Nathan R. Kuncel  and
Scott Highhouse
Nathan R. Kuncel*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Scott Highhouse
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
*
E-mail: kunce001@umn.edu, Address: University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 302 - 306
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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