ADM 2337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Structured Interview, Content Validity, Predictive Validity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2337
• Professor: Catherine Elliott

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Selection: the process of choosing individuals who have relevant qualifications to fill existing or. Reliability: the degree to which interviews, tests, and other selection procedures yield comparable data over time. Validity: the degree to which a test o(cid:396) sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) p(cid:396)o(cid:272)edu(cid:396)e (cid:373)easu(cid:396)es a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utes. Content validity: measurement is based on job specifications. Predictive validity: test score correlation with performance criteria. Construct validity: if the test measures what it is supposed to. Nondirective interview: the applicant is allowed the maximum amount of freedom in determining the course of the discussion, while the interviewer carefully refrains from i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g the appli(cid:272)a(cid:374)t"s (cid:396)e(cid:373)a(cid:396)ks. Structured interview: a standardized set of questions with an established set of answers. Situational interview: an applicant is given a hypothetical incident and asked how he or she would respond to it. Behavioural description interview: an applicant is asked questions about what he or she did in a given situation.