PSYC 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: James Mckeen Cattell, Army Beta, Differential Psychology
22 Sep 2015
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Made up high conscientiousness, agreeableness, and low neuroticism correlate 0. 46 with job performance ratings another example low agreeableness, high extraversion, low conscientiousness predicts work accidents other personality tests core self evaluations predicts job performance and satisfaction. ) is clear when you norm the score by comparing it to all other scores. problems with tests test bias statistical term used when a test systematically over or under predicts an outcome for a given subgroup all tests have imperfect predictive validity (e. g. correlation with outcome of interest is < 1) test score doesn"t perfectly predict the performance of individuals (e. g. either overestimates or underestimates the outcome) evidence for bias exists when the relationship b/t a test score and the outcome/criterion of interest is different for different subgroups test fairness a value judgement about actions or decisions based on test scores (i. e. a political or philosophical phrase, not a technical one)
