Chapter 6: Evaluating Selection Techniques and Decision

Question 1

the extent to which a score from a selection measure is stable and free from error

Answer 1

reliability

Question 2

four ways to determine test reliability

Answer 2

1. Test- Retest Reliability
2. Alternate-forms Reliability
3. Internal reliability
4. scorer reliability

Question 3

test- retest reliability

Answer 3

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

Question 4

the consistency of test scores across time

Answer 4

temporal stability

Question 5

bonus: the amount of anxiety an individual normally has all the time

Answer 5

trait anxiety

Question 6

Bonus: anxiety has at any given moment

Answer 6

state anxiety

Question 7

method of reliability in which two forms (Form A and Form B) of the same test are constructed, half of the sample receive form A and there other half receive form b

Answer 7

Alternate-Forms reliability

Question 8

the extent to which two forms of the test are similar

Answer 8

form stability

Question 9

the average correlation between alternate form of test used in the industry

Answer 9

.89

Question 10

the extent to which the responses to the tests items are consistent

Answer 10

item stability

Question 11

the extent to which test items measure the same construct

Answer 11

item homogeneity

Question 12

the statistic used to determine the reliability of the tests that use items with dichotomous answers

Answer 12

Kuder- Richardson 20

Question 13

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

Answer 13

split-half method

Question 14

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

Answer 14

coefficient alpha

Question 15

the extent to which scorers agree on the test score, or the test is scored correctly

Answer 15

scorer reliability

Question 16

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

Answer 16

validity

Question 17

three types of validity

Answer 17

1. content validity
2. criterion validity
3. construct validity

Question 18

the extent to which the items on a test are fairly representative of the entire domain the test seeks to measure

Answer 18

content validity

Question 19

the extent to which test score is statistically related to the criterion

Answer 19

criterion validity

Question 20

a form of criterion validity that correlates test scores of current employees with measures of job performance (performance appraisal)

Answer 20

concurrent validity

Question 21

a form of criterion validity in which test scores of applicants are correlated to the future job performance

Answer 21

predictive validity

Question 22

why is a concurrent design weaker than predictive design?

Answer 22

because there will be very few employees at the extremes of performance scale (restricted range issues)

Question 23

the extent to which a test found valid for a job in one location or organization is valid for the same job in a different location

Answer 23

validity generalization

Question 24

_______ _______ is based on the assumption that tests that predict a particular component of one job should predict performance on the same job component for a different job

Answer 24

synthetic validity

Question 25

the extent to which a test measures the construct it intends to measure

Answer 25

construct validity

Question 26

three types of construct validity

Answer 26

1. convergent validity
2. discriminant validity
3. known-group validity

Question 27

the extent to which a test appears to be job-related which affects the applicant’s motivation to do well on a test

Answer 27

face validity

Question 28

sources of reliability and validity information

Answer 28

1. Nineteenth Mental Measurement Yearbook

2. compendium entitled Test in Print VIII

Question 29

refers to the practical selection of tests when it comes to the testing cost, administration, and scoring as well

Answer 29

Cost-efficiency