Comments on: Proposal for “Implicit-Association Testing in Practice” http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/2008/07/iat-in-practice-proposal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iat-in-practice-proposal Sat, 19 May 2012 06:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard X. Thripp http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/2008/07/iat-in-practice-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 Richard X. Thripp Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:23:18 +0000 http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/?p=606#comment-1316 Thanks for commenting. I wrote in <a href="http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/iat-in-practice-163" rel="nofollow">the final essay</a> that it is ready for prime time, but I'm against using it for job interviews because it's entirely pre-emptive. Using it to not hire someone is discrimination just like the discrimination we're trying to squash. However, my belief (outside of college essays) is that employers should be able to do whatever they want. If you're wrongly failed on the IAT in a job interview, get a job where the test isn't used. Great design on your website. Implicitly looks interesting. Thanks for commenting. I wrote in the final essay that it is ready for prime time, but I’m against using it for job interviews because it’s entirely pre-emptive. Using it to not hire someone is discrimination just like the discrimination we’re trying to squash.

However, my belief (outside of college essays) is that employers should be able to do whatever they want. If you’re wrongly failed on the IAT in a job interview, get a job where the test isn’t used.

Great design on your website. Implicitly looks interesting.

]]> By: Shire http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/2008/07/iat-in-practice-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 Shire Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:33:23 +0000 http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/?p=606#comment-1315 The issue with IAT is the link to real world behaviours. Although there is plenty of evidence that implicit bias impacts behaviour in a subtle way, there is now also evidence that with some versions of the test where the scoring algorithim is set up to be predictive of racist behaviour rather than being just statistically robust, that high IAT scores are linked to real world overt racist behaviour. For a small group of around 1% of the Uk population it can be 100% acurate. For another 15% it can be more than 80% accurate. Low scores are highly predictive of tolerant attitudes; http://www.bps.org.uk/conferences-and-events/proceedings/proceedings_home.cfm?&ResultsType=Abstracts&ResultSet_ID=1914&FormDisplayMode=view&frmShowSelected=true&localAction=details I would argue that the reservations about using IAT in selection and development settings are overly cautious and it is time for IAT to leave the lab and research web sites. The issue with IAT is the link to real world behaviours. Although there is plenty of evidence that implicit bias impacts behaviour in a subtle way, there is now also evidence that with some versions of the test where the scoring algorithim is set up to be predictive of racist behaviour rather than being just statistically robust, that high IAT scores are linked to real world overt racist behaviour. For a small group of around 1% of the Uk population it can be 100% acurate. For another 15% it can be more than 80% accurate. Low scores are highly predictive of tolerant attitudes;

http://www.bps.org.uk/conferences-and-events/proceedings/proceedings_home.cfm?&ResultsType=Abstracts&ResultSet_ID=1914&FormDisplayMode=view&frmShowSelected=true&localAction=details

I would argue that the reservations about using IAT in selection and development settings are overly cautious and it is time for IAT to leave the lab and research web sites.

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