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Evaluating Selection Techniques and Decisions Flashcards

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1
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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

25
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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)

29
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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

30
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The percentage of applicants an organization hires

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Selection ratio

31
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Percentage of current employees who are considered successful

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Base rate

32
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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 the base rate, test validity, and applicant percentile on a test to determine the probability of future success for that applicant

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Lawshe tables

34
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Method of ascertaining the extent to which an organization will benefit from the use of a particular selection system

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Utility formula

35
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The length of time an employee has been with an organization

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Tenure

36
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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 four-fifths rule

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Adverse impact

38
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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

39
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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 non-minorities, 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

42
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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

44
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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

45
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The minimum test score that an applicant must achieve to be considered for hire

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Passing score

46
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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

47
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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

48
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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

49
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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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