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Industrial/Organizational Psychology > CHAPTER 6: EVALUATING SELECTION TECHNIQUES AND DESCISIONS > Flashcards

CHAPTER 6: EVALUATING SELECTION TECHNIQUES AND DESCISIONS Flashcards

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The extent to which a score from a test or from an evaluation is consistent and free from error.

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Reliability

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The extent to which repeated administration of the same test will achieve similar results.

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Test-retest reliability

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The consistency of test scores across time.

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Temporal stability

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The extent to which two forms of the same test are similar.

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Alternate-forms reliability

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A method of controlling for order effects by giving half of a sample Test A first, followed by Test B, and giving the other half of the sample Test B first, followed by Test A.

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Counterbalancing

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The extent to which the scores on two forms of a test are similar.

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Form stability

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The extent to which responses to the same test items are consistent.

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Item stability

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The extent to which test items measure the same construct.

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Item homogeneity

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A statistic used to determine internal reliability of tests that use items with dichotomous answers (yes/no, true/false).

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Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 (K-R 20)

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A form of internal reliability in which the consistency of item responses is determined by comparing scores on half of the items with scores on the other half of the items.

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Split-half method

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Used to correct reliability coefficients resulting from the split-half method.

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Spearman-Brown prophecy formula

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A statistic used to determine internal reliability of tests that use interval or ratio scales.

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Coefficient alpha

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The extent to which two people scoring a test agree on the test score, or the extent to which a test is scored correctly.

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Scorer reliability

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The degree to which inferences from test scores are justified by the evidence.

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Validity

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The extent to which tests or test items sample the content that they are supposed to measure.

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content validity

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The extent to which a test score is related to some measure of job performance.

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Criterion validity

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A measure of job performance, such as attendance, productivity, or a supervisor rating.

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Criterion

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A form of criterion validity that correlates test scores with measures of job performance for employees currently working for an organization

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Concurrent validity

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A form of criterion validity in which test scores of applicants are compared at a later date with a measure of job performance.

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Predictive validity

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A narrow range of performance scores that makes it difficult to obtain a significant validity coefficient.

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Restricted range

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The extent to which inferences from test scores from one organization can be applied to another organization.

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Validity generalization (VG)

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A form of validity generalization in which validity is inferred on the basis of a match between job components and tests previously found valid for those job components.

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Synthetic validity

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The extent to which a test actually measures the construct that it purports to measure.

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Construct validity

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A form of validity in which test scores from two contrasting groups “known” to differ on a construct are compared.

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Known-group validity

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The extent to which a test appears to be valid.

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Face validity

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Statements, such as those used in astrological forecasts, that are so general that they can be true of almost anyone.

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Barnum statements

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A book containing information about the reliability and validity of various psychological tests.

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Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY)

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A type of test taken on a computer in which the computer adapts the difficulty level of questions asked to the test taker’s success in answering previous questions.

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Computer-adaptive testing (CAT)

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A series of tables based on the selection ratio, base rate, and test validity that yield information about the percentage of future employees who will be successful if a particular test is used.

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Taylor-Russell tables

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The percentage of applicants an organization hires.

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Selection ratio

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Percentage of current employees who are considered successful.

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Base rate

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A utility method that compares the percentage of times a selection decision was accurate with the percentage of successful employees.

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Proportion of correct decisions

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Tables that use thebase rate, test validity, andapplicant percentileona test todeterminetheprobability of future success for that applicant.

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Lawshe tables

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Method of as certaining the extent to which an organization will benefit from the use of a particular selection system.

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Utility formula

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The length of time an employee has been with an organization.

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Tenure

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Group differences in test scores that are unrelated to the construct being measured.

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Measurement bias

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An employment practice that results in members of a protected class being negatively affected at a higher rate than members of the majority class. Adverse impact is usually determined by the fourfifths rule.

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Adverse impact

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A situation in which the predicted level of job success falsely favors one group over another.

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Predictive bias

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The characteristic of a test that significantly predicts a criterion for one class of people but not for another.

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Single-group validity

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The characteristic of a test that significantly predicts a criterion for two groups, such as both minorities and nonminorities, but predicts significantly better for one of the two groups.

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Differential validity

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A statistical procedure in which the scores from more than one criterion-valid test are weighted according to how well each test score predicts the criterion.

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Multiple regression

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Selecting applicants in straight rank order of their test scores.

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Top-down selection

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A method of making selection decisions in which a high score on one test can compensate for a low score on another test. For example, a high GPA might compensate for a low GRE score.

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Compensatory approach

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A variation on top-down selection in which the names of the top three applicants are given to a hiring authority who can then select any of the three.

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Rule of three

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The minimum test score that an applicant must achieve to be considered for hire.

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Passing score

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A selection strategy in which applicants must meet or exceed the passing score on more than one selection test.

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Multiple-cutoff approach

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Selection practice of administering one test at a time so that applicants must pass that test before being allowed to take the next test.

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Multiple-hurdle approach

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A statistical technique based on the standard error of measurement that allows similar test scores to be grouped.

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Banding

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The number of points that a test score could be off due to test unreliability.

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Standard error of measurement (SEM

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