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Is it unethical for an employer to use a selection measure that has high empirical validity but lacks content validity? Why or why not? Please discuss your response with an example that you are familiar with. 100-150 words please.

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The response addresses the queries posted in 378 words with references.

//As per the guidelines, we will discuss about assessment of the empirical and content validity as the selection measure to be used by the employer. We will discuss about the assessment procedure to be ethical or unethical for the employers. It will assist in understanding the selection criteria to be used by the employers in favor of the employees.//
Assessment of Empirical and Content Validity

Empirical Validity basically deals with final results and does not lay emphasis on the means to achieve them whereas Content Validity takes into account the major challenges ...

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