Published Articles

Staff Articles & Industry-Related Articles

Biddle Consulting Group staff members have written published articles covering a variety of EEO topics in industry publications that can help practitioners understand current issues and practical application.

Affirmative Action Plan Development Articles

• Lindholm, Chris & Nooren, Patrick, Ph.D. Ask The Expert: Modern Technology & OFCCP Audits. Business & Legal Reports: Affirmative Action Solutions. p. 3. July 2003. [PDF]
• Lindholm, Chris & Nooren, Patrick, Ph.D. Ask The Expert: OFCCP Audits on the Rise. Business & Legal Reports: Affirmative Action Solutions. p. 3. June 2003. [PDF]
• Nooren, Patrick, Ph.D. Affirmative Action Plans: What You Need to Know. U.S. Industry. 2003. [PDF]
• Nooren, Patrick M., Ph.D. & Lindholm, Chris. Advanced Affirmative Action Methodologies: Centralizing Plan Development. HR Advisor. 2003. [PDF]
• Nooren, Patrick, Ph.D. & Ramon, Jaime. Affirmative Action: Contractors may use "functional" plans. Labor Law Insight. 2002. [PDF]

Compensation Analysis Articles

• Stillson, C. & Mohler, K. (2001). History Still in the Making: The Continuing Struggle For Equal Pay [PDF]
• Interpreting Nondiscrimination Requirements of Executive Order 11246 With Respect to Systemic Compensation Discrimination [PDF]
• Voluntary Guidelines for Self- Evaluation of Compensation Practices for Compliance With Nondiscrimination Requirements of Executive Order 11246 With Respect to Systemic Compensation Discrimination [PDF]

Nurse Hiring and Nurse Pre-Employment Testing Articles

Summary:

Research reveals that a multi-faceted selection system that includes three major components can combine to forge a powerful selection battery. Strong validity was only possible using a selection strategy that measured the “whole person”: book knowledge (Clinical Assessments), interpersonal competence (Situational Assessments), and personality (Behavioral Assessments). Because of this strong correlation to job performance, healthcare facilities using Prophecy Assessments can greatly improve the “utility” of their nurse hiring processes. “Prophecy” is named after this unique ability to predict the future performance levels of incoming nursing staff.

• Higgins, Jim, Ed.D., & Kuthy, James, Ph.D., & Sadler, Felecia, B.S.N., R.N., C.P.H.Q., & Gonzalez, Ron, R.N., M.S. & Biddle, Daniel, Ph.D. (2012). A Review of a Holistic Assessment System for Hiring Effective Nursing Staff [PDF]
• Ostmann, James, R.N., M.B.A, & Biddle, Daniel, Ph.D., & Patchell, Heather, M.A., & Gonzales, Ron, R.N., M.S. (2012).
  Advances in the Nurse Hiring Processes: Pre-employment Assessments that Predict Job Performance [PDF ]
• Kuthy, James, Ph.D., & Ramon, Cheree, B.A., & Biddle, Daniel, Ph.D., & Gonzalez, Ron, R.N., M.S. (2012). The Development and Validation of Three Pre-Employment Assessments for Nursing [PDF]
• Biddle Consulting Group(2012). Legal Defensibility of the Prophecy Assessments [PDF]
  

Personnel Selection & Testing Articles

• Kuthy, James, Ph.D. & Patchell, Heather J., M.A. (2012). Summary of the EEOC Guidance Regarding the Use of Criminal History Checks in the Selection Process [PDF]
• Biddle, Daniel A., Ph.D. Are the Uniform Guidelines Outdated? Federal Guidelines, Professional Standards, and Validity Generalization (VG). (The Industrial Psychologist. April 2008) [URL]
• Biddle, Daniel A., Ph.D. Should Employers Rely on Local Validation Studies or Validity Generalization (VG) to Support the Use of Employment Tests in Title VII Situations?. Public Personnel Management, Winter 2010 [PDF]
• Biddle, Daniel A., Ph.D. & Nooren, Patrick M., Ph.D. Validity Generalization vs. Title VII: Can Employers Successfully Defend Tests Without Conducting Local Validation Studies?. Labor Law Journal, Winter 2006. [PDF]
• Biddle, Daniel A., Ph.D. & Kuthy, James, M.A., & Nooren, Patrick, Ph.D. Protecting Your Agency Against Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Litigation Related to Selection and Promotion Practices. Law Enforcement Executive Forum. 2003. [PDF]
• Biddle, Richard (1993). How to Set Cutoff Scores for Knowledge Tests. [PDF]
• Kuthy, Jim, M.A. Multitasking: Why Computer Skills Testing is Necessary. National Journal of Emergency Dispatch. Spring 2004. [PDF]

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