MHR 523 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Job Performance, Personality Test, W. M. Keck Observatory
3 Sep 2013
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White-collar professional workers: letters of reference and weighted application blanks. Step 3: administration of employment tests: employment tests: devices that assess the probable match between applicants and job requirements. Some are paper-and-pencil tests (like a math test for a bookkeeper) others are exercises that simulate work conditions (like a manual-dexterity test for an assembly worker) Manual-dexterity tests are used more frequently for jobs that pay an hourly wage than for salaried. Paper-and-pencil tests popular for selecting white-collar and managerial positions. Personality tests good for selection managers: reliability and validity of selection tests. Validity: is this test accurately measuring what it is purported to measure? . Predictive validity: empirical approach that correlates predictor and criterion scores. Concurrent validity: empirical approach that measures the predictor and criterion scores together. ^^both methods attempt to relate tests scores to some criteria, usually performance. Content validity: rational approach that examines the extent to which the selection device includes elements of the job domain.
