What type of study is this?

October 12, 2025Applied PsychologyOpen Access

Is test takers' video game usage a game changer? Criterion‐related validity and potential bias of a cognitive game‐based assessment

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Authors

This study demonstrates criterion-related validity of cognitive assessments, revealing test bias linked to video game usage.

Video game usage enhances performance in cognitive game-based assessments, but limits academic success.
Results indicated that GBA performance correlated positively with academic performance in two samples.
The study utilized cognitive game-based assessments to investigate criterion-related validity and potential test bias.
Findings highlight fairness concerns in using game-based assessments for personnel selection due to variability in video game experience.

Ohlms et al. (2025) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark