Exam 6: Strategies for Selection Decision Making

Does race norming or within-group scoring provide an optimal strategy for ensuring applicant quality while meeting affirmative action goals? Why or why not?

A simple box-score tally of a decision maker's successes and failures can improve decision making over time.

Describe a practical approach to selection decision making that a small business owner could use.Why is this a good approach?

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

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

Match each of the following statements with the appropriate selection decision making strategy. -Applicants with different individual predictor scores can have identical overall predicted job success.

The mechanical synthesis method for collecting and combining predictive information is:

Managers often feel threatened when asked to use formulas for making selection decisions rather than their own judgment.

Match each of the following statements with the appropriate method for collecting and combining predictor information. -A manager of a telemarketing firm selects telephone operators based on scores on three tests.The test data are combined by the manager who looks over the three test scores and forms an overall impression of whether the applicants would make successful operators.

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

A fire department selects 50 recruits each year out of 300 applicants.Which selection decision making model is probably most appropriate in this situation? Why?

A false positive error occurs when the applicant passes through all of the selection phases,is employed,but proves unsuccessful on the job.