Exam 19: Psychological Measurement in Industry

Integrity tests include items that refer to

Job-related interviews structured around discussions of past behavior on the job typically

Information about the time that a worker lost due to injury can be obtained through

The Minnesota Clerical Test is a good example of a(n)

Evidence on the use of personality measures as predictors of job performance has indicated that

In general, selection tests lead to the greatest gain when

Interviews

One reason that objective performance indices have not fared well as measures of job performance is that

Written tests are more commonly used as selection devices by _______ than by ________.

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales appear to provide _______ ratings than other types of rating scales.

The tendency of a rater to allow his or her overall evaluation of each worker to affect the evaluation of each specific aspect of each worker's performance dimensions is

Biographical information blanks are often empirically scored. Statistical difficulties with the empirical scoring approach necessitates __________.

Production counts are problematic in that

When validating empirically scored biographical blanks, concerns arise over

_________ is a voluntary program instituted by organizations, while ________ is a federal guideline outlining procedures to ensure fairness.

When a supervisor indicates that all of his or her workers are top performers, _______ is likely occurring.

The idea that true validities are larger and less variable than traditionally believed grows out of research on

Tests are used by the military to

A typist who performs a typing test has performed a

A technique which requires a supervisor to designate a fixed number of workers in each of several performance categories is a(n)