John E. Hunter

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John E. "Jack" Hunter (29 March 1939 – June 26, 2002) was an American psychology professor known for his work in methodology. His best-known work is Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings. The International Communication Association named a research award in his honor.[1]

Career

Hunter received his

intelligence
, attitude change, the relation between attitudes and behavior, validity generalization, differential validity/selection fairness, and selection utility.

In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "

Wall Street Journal, which aimed to promote a reasoned discussion of the heated debate arising from publication of The Bell Curve on intelligence
.

Hunter received the Distinguished Scientific Award for Contributions to Applied Psychology (joint with

American Psychological Society
, and of SIOP.

Publications

Hunter wrote or contributed to several publications. His 1990 book, co-authored with Schmidt and listed below, cites 15 publications by Hunter, beginning with a 1977 paper, and 17 co-authored publications, of which from 1977 onwards, 12 were co-authored with Schmidt.[4]

  • Hunter, J.E (August 1977), Path Analysis: Longitudinal studies and causal analysis in program evaluation, Invited address presented at the 85th American Psychological Association, San Francisco
  • Hunter, John E;
  • Hunter, John E; Schmidt, Frank L (1990), Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings, Newbury Park, California; London; New Delhi:
    SAGE Publications

References