PSY 3181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Face Validity, Job Analysis
30 May 2018
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JOB Selection METHODS:
- Validity: based on job analysis, predict work-related behavior
- Adverse Impact: do not discriminate selection, not invade privacy
- Face Validity: appear to be job related
- Utility: are cost effective
Companies look at validity and adverse impact
- However, what usually goes higher will cause other to go lower
o Structured interviews will help both
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UNICORN – nothing is perfect
• Validity – high
• Adverse impact – low
• Face Validity - high
• Utility – high
o Less time and money spent for how much you get out of it
o Are you getting great applicants for the time spent?
o THINK value
UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS – traditional interview, humor, subjects in college, not with job in mind
• Validity – low
o Not job-related
• Adverse Impact – medium
o Legally problematic
▪ Primacy/recency effects
▪ Interviewer=interviewee similarity
• Face Validity – low
o Suffer common rating problems
• Utility – medium
STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
• Validity – high
o Based on job analysis
• Adverse Impact –
• Face Validity –
• Utility –
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Document Summary
Validity: based on job analysis, predict work-related behavior. Adverse impact: do not discriminate selection, not invade privacy. However, what usually goes higher will cause other to go lower: structured interviews will help both. Unstructured interviews traditional interview, humor, subjects in college, not with job in mind: validity low, not job-related, adverse impact medium, legally problematic, primacy/recency effects. Interviewer=interviewee similarity: face validity low, suffer common rating problems, utility medium. Structured interviews: validity high, based on job analysis, adverse impact , face validity , utility . References / letters of recommendations: validity medium (. 29, adverse impact high, face validity high, everyone expects to check on person, utility high, does(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ost as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h to (cid:272)he(cid:272)k up o(cid:374) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e. Education validity goes down after a couple of years: validity, adverse impact - high, face validity - high, utility high, co(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ies do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed to do a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g, they just (cid:374)eed yourself to give the i(cid:374)fo.
