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23 Cards in this Set
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Adverse impact
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potential unfairness in the treatment of minority group or protected class members. in hiring it occurs if the protected class's ration is less than 4/5ths of the non protected class's selection ratio
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Affirmative action
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program designed to increase the number of minority or protected class members in an organization
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Baserate
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how often something occurs. In selection, it is the proportion of people hired who will be successful on the job
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Cafeteria benefits
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employee benefit program in which individuals are allowed to customize their fringe benefits by choosing several from a long list of benefits, such as different types of insurance plans
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Concurrent validation study
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validation strategy in which the prdictor and criterion are assesed at the same time
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Criterion
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standard for comparison, it is the definition of perfect performance
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Cross-validate
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to replicate the results of one sample with those of another sample
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Four-fifths rule
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if the percentage of the minority group hired is less than 4/5ths that of the majority group, this rule has been violated
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Multiple hurdle approach
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selection method whereby applicants must achieve a certain score on each predictor to be hired
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Predictive validation study
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study in wich predictor information is used to forecast a criterion that is assessed at a later time
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Predictor
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variable that is used to forecast a criterion
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Protected classes
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groups of people who are given special legal protection because of past discrimination against them
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Realistic job preview (RJP)
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information given to job applicants to let them know what the job and organization are like
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Reasonable accommodation
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a principle from the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires organizations to provide resonable modification to the job or workplace so that people with disabilities can perform the job
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Recruitment
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process of finding and hiring the best-qualified candidate (from within or outside of an organization) for a job opening
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Regression approach
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a statistical procedure for combining several predictors to forcast a criterion
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Selection
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applicants who are hired
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Selection ratio
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proportion of applicants who are hired for a job
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Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection
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document produced by the US government that describes appropriate and legally defensible selection procedures
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Utility analysis
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analysis of the financial benefits to an organizaton of taking a course of action, such as implementing a particular selection system
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Validation study
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study undertaken to determine if a predictor is related to a criterion
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Validity
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interpretation given to the meaning of a measure
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Validity generalization
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principle that states that if a predictor is a valid indicator of a criterion in one setting, it will be valid in another similar setting
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