Chapter 7 - 8 Flashcards
usefulness or practical value of testing to improve efficiency
Utility
used to refer to the usefulness or practical value of a training program or
intervention
Utility
Factors that affect a test’s utility
- Psychometric Soundness
- Cost
- Benefits
Gives us the practical value of both the scores (reliability
and validity)
Psychometric Soundness
They tell us whether decisions are cost-effective
Psychometric Soundness
A test must be valid to be useful, but a valid test is not always a useful test, especially if testtakers do not follow test directions
True
It refers to disadvantages, losses or expenses in both economic and noneconomic terms
Cost
It refers to profits, gains or advantages
Benefit
It is a family of techniques that entail a cost-benefit analysis designed to yield information relevant to a decision about the usefulness and/or practical value of a tool of assessment
Utility Analysis
provide an indication of likelihood that a testtaker will score within some interval of scores on a criterion measure – an
interval may be categorized as “passing”, “acceptable” or “failing”
Expectancy Table/Chart
estimate of the percentage of employees hired by a particular test who will be successful to their jobs
Taylor-Russell Tables
used for obtaining the difference between the means of the selected and unselected groups to derive an index of what the test is
adding to already established procedure
Naylor-Shine Tables
A formula used to calculate the dollar amount of a utility gain resulting from the
use of a particular selection instrument under specified conditions
Brodgen-Cronbach-Gleser Formula
an estimate of the benefit (monetary/otherwise) of using a particular
test or selection method
Utility gain
a body of methods used to quantitatively evaluate selection procedures,
diagnostic classifications, therapeutic interventions or other assessment or
intervention-related procedures in terms of how optimal they are (most typically
from a cost-benefit perspective)
Decision Theory
a correct classification
hit
a qualified driver is hired; an unqualified driver is not hired
It is a hit
an incorrect classification; a mistake
miss
a qualified driver is not hired; an unqualified driver is hired
It is a miss
the proportion of people that an assessment tool accurately identified
as possessing a particular variable
hit rate
the proportion of qualified drivers with a passing score who actually
gain permanent employee status; the proportion of unqualified drivers with a
failing score who did not gain permanent status
This is a hit rate
the proportion of people that an assessment tool inaccurately identified
as possessing a particular variable
miss rate
the proportion of drivers whom inaccurately predicted to be qualified;
the proportion of drivers whom inaccurately predicted to be unqualified
this is a miss rate
falsely indicates that the testtaker possesses a particular variable; example: a driver who is hired is not qualified
false positive