Job tide, age, years of education, race, applicant/incumbent status and site of AVA administration were used to match 59 pairs of Form D Placement Analysis (adjective checklists) for males and females from a wide business and industrial population. The sex dichotomy was correlated (rtet) with check/no-check responses to each of 81 words appearing on the checklist. Estimates of variance overlap for sex vs item responsivity were obtained. All but two items showed negligible to very small amounts of overlap. The conclusion was drawn that AVA Form D is free from sex stereotyping.
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