Exam 6: Evaluating Selection Techniques and Decisions.

Barnum statements are most associated with:

What are the three types of criterion validity?

When computing internal reliability, _____ is used for dichotomous items and _____ is used for interval and ratio items.

_______ is an issue especially in projective or subjective tests in which there is no one correct answer.

When the criterion validity coefficient is ____, and the selection ratio is ____, a test will have the most utility in selecting successful employees.

Even though a test is both reliable and valid, it is not necessarily useful. The _______ were/was developed to determine the amount of money that an organization would save if it used a particular test to select employees.

_______ is based on the assumption that tests that predict a particular component of one job should predict performance on the same component for another job.

Test-retest reliability taps ____ stability.

In industry, _____ is used to establish the content validity of selection tests or test batteries.

The extent to which tests or test items sample what they are supposed to measure is related to the measure's _______ validity.

Which of the following pieces of information is NOT required to use the Taylor-Russell tables?

Of the available approaches to making a hiring decision, the _______ method results in the highest levels of adverse impact.

Even though a test is both reliable and valid, it is not necessarily useful. The _______ were created to determine the probability that a particular applicant will be successful.

_______ validity is a measure which refers to the extent to which a test score is related to some measure of job performance.

_______ validity refers to the extent to which a test appears to be valid.

What are the five methods for determining test validity?

San Antonio, Texas, has a system in which the names of the top three applicants for promotion are submitted to the Chief of Police who then selects one of the three to be the new Captain. This system uses:

What are three important aspects in determining the fairness of a test?

Single-group validity is very rare and is usually the result of _______.

The extent to which a test found valid for a job in one location is valid for the same job in another location refers to the concept of _______.