Human Resources Metrics, Reporting, and Financial Management Module 5 - Developing Research Measures Flashcards
1
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What are criterion measures?
A
Ensure we are measuring what is important.
2
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What is criterion relevance?
A
Ensure the criteria are relevant to what we are trying to predict.
3
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What is criterion deficiency?
A
Occurs when we haven’t assessed all the necessary criteria.
4
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What is criterion contamination?
A
Occurs when we measure things that are irrelevant.
5
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What are nominal scales?
A
A list of variables that have no “value”.
Ex. department names
6
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What are ordinal scales?
A
A list of variables that have an order.
Ex. What employees like best or least
7
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What are interval scales?
A
A scale that tells use the mathematical difference between two responses.
Ex. The Likert Scale
8
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What are ratio scales?
A
Show the relationship between two variables.
Ex. Sales per employee
