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Comparative validity of different statistical operationalizations of team ability as a function of task type
The objective of this study was to compare the predictive validity of various statistical operationalizations of team cognitive ability as a function of task type. One hundred fifty-seven four-person, mixed-sex teams completed the Wesman Personnel Classification Test (PCT, Wesman, 1965) and intellective tasks consistent with Steiner's (1966, 1972) task typology. Statistical operationalizations (mean, maximum, minimum, and standard deviation) were used to represent team ability and correlated with team performance. The mean, maximum, and minimum operationalizations were as good as or better predictors of team performance than individual-level data on all tasks. The mean operationalization was consistently the strongest predictor of team performance, and significantly different from the maximum and minimum operationalizations on the disjunctive and conjunctive tasks. Implications of these results, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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