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Complex Predictions and Assessor Mystique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

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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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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