Test 1 Flashcards
Degree to which observed scores are free fromrandom measurement errors.
Reliability
Refers to the legitimacy or correctness of theinferences that are drawn from a set ofmeasurements or procedures.
Validity
Systematic errors in measurement, or inferencesmade from those measurements, that are related todifferent identifiable group membershipcharacteristics such as age, sex, or race.
Bias
Value judgments people make about their decisionsor outcomes that are based on measurements. Every candidate should be assessed in an equitable manner.
Fairness
Process of collecting information about jobs, i.e. skill,effort, responsibility, working conditions; by any method for any purpose”.
Job Analysis
Written description of what job occupants are requiredto do and how they are supposed to do it.
Job Description
Knowledge, skills, abilities, and other attributes thatare needed by a job incumbent to perform well on the job.
Job Specification
Use of job analysis data to establish the worth of a job and to set compensation rates. Compensable factors: skill, effort, responsibility,working conditions.
Job Evaluation
Collection of positions that are similar in theirsignificant duties, e.g. manager.
Job
Collection of duties assigned to individuals in anorganization at a given time. e.g. HR Manager.
Position
Set of different but related jobs that rely on the same set ofknowledge, skills, abilities, and other attributes. e.g.accounting jobs
Job Family
Characteristics that all employees are expected to possess.
Core
Characteristics shared by different positions within anorganization.
Functional
Characteristics that apply only to specific positions in organizations.
Job-Specific
Supreme Law of Canada which hasprecedence over all other legal means
Constitutional Law
Prohibits discrimination in employment (race, nationalor ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex (includingpregnancy and childbirth), marital status, family status,mental or physical disability, pardoned conviction,sexual orientation.
Human Rights Legislation
any refusal to employ or to continue toemploy any person on the basis of that individual’smembership in a protected group.
Discrimination