Week 9 - Class 1

Question 1

In the selection task, what is the only information we can gather?

Answer 1

Positive hits and false positives.

Question 2

What are the 4 factors affecting positive hit rate?

Answer 2

1. The correlation between judgment and performance.
2. The acceptance ratio
3. The base rate
4. Treatment effects.

Question 3

What’s judgment validity?

Answer 3

The correlation between how well expects you to perform and your performance.

Question 4

What is the acceptance ratio?

Answer 4

The probability of being judged above the cutoff.

Question 5

What is the base rate?

Answer 5

probability of success

Question 6

What are treatment effects?

Answer 6

Since you were accepted, you’ll work harder to succeed.