Abstract
High false-positive rates have been used to argue against the use of valid psychological tests, and this argument is typically adopted when base rates are low. S.L. Martin and W. Terris (1991a) noted that this argument has merit in some situations but is generally inappropriate in the context of personnel selection. G. Ben-Shakhar and M. Bar-Hillel (1993) criticizied Martin and Terris's article for a number of reasons. The present article demonstrates that each of these criticisms is either inappropriate or incorrect. Furthermore, the authors show that Ben-Shakhar and Bar-Hillel's article repeats the same error that was identified by Martin and Terris.