Exam 15: Strategies for Selection Decision Making

Match each of the following statements with the appropriate method for collecting and combining predictor information. a.Pure judgment e.Judgmental composite b.Trait rating method f.Mechanical composite c.Profile interpretation g.Judgmental synthesis d.Pure statistical h. Mechanical collation -Test information and interview information are collected on auto mechanic applicants.The selection manager looks at the information and makes an overall judgment of whether or not to employ the applicant.

Which selection decision making model is most appropriate to use when subsequent training is long, complex, and expensive?

Bootstrapping is based on the assumption that people can make neither sound judgments nor articulate how they made those judgments.

Which of the following is an advantage of the multiple cutoffs selection decision making model?

Which of the following is not a reason why a mechanical combination of data yield better results than a judgmental combination?

A major disadvantage of the combination selection decision making method is that it is:

Which of the following strategies for collecting and combining predictive information is weakest for making predictions?

Which selection decision making method is most appropriate to use when the assumption of multiple cutoffs is reasonable and more of one predictor attribute can compensate for another above the minimum cutoffs?

Match each of the following statements with the appropriate method for collecting and combining predictor information. a.Pure judgment e.Judgmental composite b.Trait rating method f.Mechanical composite c.Profile interpretation g.Judgmental synthesis d.Pure statistical h. Mechanical collation -A receptionist is selected based on a judgment of performance in the interview.No ratings are made.

The judgmental composite strategy for collecting and combining predictive information is:

While objective strategies are useful for selection decision making, subjective strategies will always be more accurate.

Ranking applicants by their selection scores assumes that a person with a higher score will:

In either a simple or a complex selection situation, information processing demands =

Match each of the following statements with the appropriate selection decision making strategy. a.Multiple regression d.Combination method b.Multiple cutoffs e.profile matching c.Multiple hurdle -Assumes predictors are linearly related to criterion

Cutoff scores can be set by all of the following except:

Which of the following is an advantage of the multiple regression selection decision making model?

A mechanical combination of data yields better results than a judgmental combination for making selection decisions.

Selecting applicants within a band on the basis of random selection may be legal.

Match each of the following statements with the appropriate selection decision making strategy. a.Multiple regression d.Combination method b.Multiple cutoffs e.profile matching c.Multiple hurdle -Assumes predictors are additive

Match each of the following statements with the appropriate selection decision making strategy. a.Multiple regression d.Combination method b.Multiple cutoffs e.profile matching c.Multiple hurdle -Applicants with different individual predictor scores can have identical overall predicted job success.