Discriminant Analysis as an Aid to Employee Selection.

This article presents a study on the discriminant analysis as an aid to employee selection in public accounting in the U.S. The employment function of large certified public accounting firms statistically assists the employment manager by predictively eliminating unacceptable applicants from his consideration. In so doing the analysis allows a larger number of the applicants' qualities to be evaluated simultaneously than are possible through the mental processes alone. Consequently, the manager is able, on the average, to hire a larger proportion of superior applicants who will work harder and remain with the firm longer. The level of experience and abilities for the firm's personnel increases in each functional area within the firm, thereby increasing the quality and quantity of the firm's output.