Chapter 7

Question 1

What is criterion?

Answer 1

The measure of performance that we correlate with test scores.

Question 2

What is a predictive evidence of validity?

2pts

Answer 2

If the test scores and the criterion scores have a strong relationships.
Test –> Time –> Criterion = Predictor

Question 3

A statistic used to infer the strength of the evidence of validity that the test scores might demonstrate in predicting job performance.

What is this and what is an example.

Answer 3

Validity coefficient
Ex- Pearson r

Question 4

What is concurrent evidence of validity?

2pts

Answer 4

Provides information about the present and status quo.

• Test –> criterion

Question 5

What is objective and subjective criteria?

Give examples.

4pts

Answer 5

Objective criteria: Is one that is observable and measurable (ex- GPA, absence)

Subjective criteria: Is based on a person’s judgement (ex- notes of a supervisor)

Question 6

If the criterion measures more dimensions than those measured by the test.

What is this called?

Answer 6

Criterion contamination

Question 7

in the subscript rxy for validity coefficient, what does the x and y refer to?

2pts

Answer 7

x refers to the test
y refers to the criterion

Question 8

What is the coefficient of determination?

Give an example.

2pts

Answer 8

r^2 –> r meaning correlation

If the correlation (r) between a test and a criterion is .30 then the coefficient of determination (r^2_ is .09. Meaning the test and criterion have 9% of their variance in common