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What is the old view of organizational systems?
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Demographically diverse, continuous learning, self-managed work teams, focus on self-reliance.
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Stable and predictable, hierarchy, top-down command and control.
Pregunta 2
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What is the contemporary view of organizations?
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Globalized and focus on speed, constantly changing, organized around networks, more demographically diverse, continuous learning, self-managed work teams, focus on self-reliance.
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Stable and predictable, hierarchy, top-down command and control.
Pregunta 3
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Which of these does not fit the 3 C's of the past manager role?
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Command.
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Conquer.
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Control.
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Compartment.
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Which if these does not fit the contemporary perspective for managers?
Pregunta 5
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Which source has not resulted in changes in jobs and job performance in recent times?
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Technology.
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Globalization.
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Economic Stability.
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Mergers & acquisitions.
Pregunta 6
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Which of these is a benefit of recent changes in jobs and job performance?
Pregunta 7
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What defines each job in terms of the behaviors necessary to perform it and is used to develop hypotheses about the personal characteristics necessary to perform those behaviors?
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Job specifications
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Minimum qualifications
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Job analysis
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Job descriptions
Pregunta 8
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The following characteristics are representative of what? Qualifications, experience, training, skills, responsibilities, emotional characteristics, sensory demands.
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Job analysis
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Job specifications
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Job description
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Minimum qualifications
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The following characteristics are representative of what? Job title, job location, job summary, working conditions, job duties, conditions of employment, hazards, social environment.
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Minimum qualifications
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Job description
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Job specifications
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Job analysis
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Job descriptions are useful for:
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Selection
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Training
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Person power planning
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Job classification
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 11
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The first step of conducting a job analysis is
Pregunta 12
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Which is not a method of collecting job analysis data?
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SME panels
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Questionnaires
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ONet
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 13
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What evidence is available regarding job analysis reliability and validity?
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Daniels & Weiss
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Davidson & Wurtz
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Dierdorff & Wilson
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Donalds & West
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According to the Dierdorff & Wilson(2003) Meta-analysis, who showed higher inter-rater reliability?
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Incumbents
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Researchers
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Analysts
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Supervisors
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According to the Dierdorff & Wilson(2003) Meta-analysis, what type of analysis is better?
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Cognitive
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Task focused
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Knowledge based
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None of the above
Pregunta 16
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_____________________ scales using importance and difficulty had higher inter-rater reliability than __________________scales.
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Frequency, Temporal
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Frequency, Descriptive
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Descriptive, Frequency
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Descriptive, Temporal
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What is an evaluative standard, rule, or test by which a person may be judged or measured?
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Reliability
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Criteria
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Validity
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KSAO
Pregunta 18
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What criteria should be used to establish MQs for a job?
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Influenced directly by the desire to artificially manipulate candidate pool.
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Realistically expected to exist in the pool of candidates.
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Determined based on the existing qualifications of incumbents or candidates being groomed.
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Indirectly linked to functional areas/KSAs
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When conducting a job analysis, average ratings of importance or frequency under .5 should be eliminated.
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Criterion contamination is when we measure things that are not related to the job.
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Sources of criterion contamination include
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Prejudice
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Racism
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Sexism
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Bias
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Which of these does not belong?
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Bias occurs through knowledge of the predictor.
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Bias occurs through ratings.
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Bias occurs through group membership.
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Bias occurs through error.
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Ratings can be biased through
Pregunta 24
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__________________ of criteria refers to the way employees performance varies over time.
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Reliability
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Temporal nature
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Standard Error
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Validity
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Job Performance reliability refers to the method of observation and its effect on conclusions.
Pregunta 26
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Examples of the dimensionality of job performance are: job and location, sales performance, leadership.
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Criteria may be temporal or dynamic in 3 distinct ways:
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Changes over time in rank ordering of scores on the criterion.
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Changes over time in the leadership of the organization.
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Changes over time in average levels of group performance.
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Changes over time in validity coefficients.
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Test/Re-test Reliability measurements should be taken over 6 months apart.
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Reliability refers to
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Creating alternative, equal forms for the same test
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Administering the same test on two different occasions
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Freedom of unsystematic errors of measurement
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Pearson product moment correlation coefficient
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Any factor that influences performance on one occasion but not the other might introduce bias and influence the reliability of the measure.
Pregunta 31
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Parallel forms of reliability are also known as
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Alternative
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Equivalent
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Counterpart
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A and C
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A and B
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B and C
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To increase reliability, reduce the variability of differences in individuals taking the test.
Pregunta 33
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Higher variability = higher reliability.
Pregunta 34
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The difficulty of a test item should be high, to weed out poor test takers.
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The smaller the sample size, the larger the sampling error and lower reliability.
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If reliability is 1, standard error of measurement is 0.
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Higher standard error = higher reliability.
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Standard error of measurement is the standard deviation of the normal distribution of scores that an individual would obtain if they took the same test 100 times.
Pregunta 39
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Internal consistency reliability is
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The extent to which all parts of a measure are similar in what they are measuring.
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Used to assess the consistency of results across items within a test.
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An indicator of the degree to which various items on a test are intercorrelated.
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All of the above.
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None of the above.
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Internal Consistency Reliability according to the textbook is
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The two (2) widely used methods of Internal Consistency Reliability are
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The most used formula for the Kudar-Richardson Reliability Estimates is
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Split-half reliability estimate is interpreted as
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Coefficient of stability is a measurement of the correlation between
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2 parallel forms of the same test
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2 time points where the subjects and measuring instrument are the same
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2 groups of subjects taking the test
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To compute coefficient of stability use test/re-test.
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Coefficient of equivalence refers to the correlation between
Pregunta 47
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For the coefficient of stability and equivalence, to guard against order effects, both halves of the examinees are given test A, followed by test B.
Pregunta 48
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The main advantages of computing reliability using the coefficient of stability and equivalence are
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Random Error responses
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Bias responses
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Specific factor errors
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Transient errors
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All of the Above
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Coefficient of equivalence is also known as
Pregunta 50
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Random error is an error caused by unknown and unpredictable changes in the experiment.
Pregunta 51
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Random errors increase the consistency and usefulness of test scores.
Pregunta 52
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Random error varies randomly from occasion to occasion therefore:
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obtained scores are equal to true scores
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obtained scores are different from true scores
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true scores are lower than obtained scores
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true scores are higher than obtained scores
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Reliability can range from 0 - 1.
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Cronbach's alpha is calculated to measure
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Standard error of measurement helps establish confidence intervals.
Pregunta 56
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Which of these examples are sources of random error?
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Poor lighting
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Noises
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Temperature
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Mood
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 57
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Validity is the extent to which the measurement are repeatable.
Pregunta 58
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The Trinitarian view of validity requires which of these to be considered very valid?
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Construct validity
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Content validity
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Criterion validity
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All three separately
Pregunta 59
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The Unitarian view of validity requires which of these to be considered highly valid?
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Construct validity
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Content validity
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Criterion validity
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All three equally
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All three separately
Pregunta 60
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Evidence related to the meaning of the construct and its relationship with other constructs is
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Content validity
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Construct validity
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Criterion validity
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None of the above
Pregunta 61
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The extent to which your measure contains a fair sample of the universe of situations it is supposed to represent is :
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Construct validity
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Criterion validity
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Content validity
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None of the above
Pregunta 62
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How well your assessment tool is related to the criteria/test adequacy based on correlations with the criteria is known as
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Construct validity
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Criterion validity
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Content validity
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None of the above
Pregunta 63
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Construct validity can be gathered by calibrating the test against an established measure, known standard, or against itself.
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Content validity can be gathered by SMEs, whose responses are evaluated to make decisions about the content.
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Problems with Predictive validity include
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Small sample size
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Uncontrolled variables
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Bias
Pregunta 66
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Which of the following is a problem with concurrent validity?
Pregunta 67
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Concurrent validity is measured when :
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the criterion measure is available after the predictor measure is taken.
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the criterion and predictor are collected at the same time.
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The predictor measure is taken.
Pregunta 68
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Predictive validity is when a criterion measure is available after the predictor measure is taken.
Pregunta 69
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Challanges of changes in job and job performance include:
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Insecurity
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Challenge
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Flexibility
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High costs
Pregunta 70
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Which of these is not a major step in conducting a job analysis?