PSYC 3050 Study Guide - Performance Appraisal, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Telecommuting
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The closer to 1 the better a predictor it is. Importance of predictors: selection is about prediction forecasting who is likely to succeed in jobs on available data, even if it"s an interview, cognitive test b. c. If we knew who was going to be a good performer, we wouldn"t need predictors. Criterion validity is critical to the demonstration of construct validity: predictor must be related to a criterion indicated by correlation between predictor and criterion. In selection correlation are validity coefficients ii: types of predictors outline, standardized tests. 2: cognitive ability - belief that cognitive ability (intelligence) is important for most, if not all jobs. Thus, among the most frequent predictors used in selection. Can we do better than just using general cat? b. i. Incremental validity: wonderlic, wais, ravens progressive matrices, specific cats- predicts whether an individual will do well in a job given specific abilities, mechanical.
