ABSTRACT
Early papers on validity generalization referred to the SchmidtHunter calculations as Bayesian (e.g., Algera, Jansen, Roe, & Vijn, 1984; Schmidt & Hunter, 1977; Schmidt, Hunter, Pearlman, & Shane, 1979). Subsequent papers dropped the Bayesian label (e.g., Hunter & Schmidt, 1990), instead describing the calculations as a method of meta-analysis. Although methods labeled as Bayesian were not applied subsequently to validity generalization problems, researchers continued to develop such methods. Currently available techniques include empirical Bayes meta-analysis (Brannick, 2001; Raudenbush & Bryk, 1985) and some applications of hierarchical linear models (e.g., Bryk & Raudenbush, 1992; Selzer, Wong, & Bryk, 1996).
