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What are the most common techniques used in employment testing?
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Biodata, interviews, cognitive ability tests, personality tests, integrity tests, work samples & situational excercises
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Why is using tests in employment screening so difficult?
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Focus on predictive validity
Must predict future job success Job behavior is complex & hard to capture in a test |
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What is biodata?
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-Biodata can be objective, quantified, and weighted for importance
e.g. years of education; number of years on last job -Powerful basis for prediction of employee performance -Restricted as to questions that can be asked e.g., can’t ask about age, religion, political affiliation, etc. |
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How are cognitive ability tests used in I/O?
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For selection, evaluation and screening of employees.
They are quick, inexpensive and easy to interpret validity ranges from modest to strong but generally are thought to provide an excellent basis for employee selection |
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What are common cognitive ability tests?
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Shipley & Wonderlic : General Ability
DAT & ASVAB: Multiple APtitude Test Batteries Specific Ability Tests: Clerical Test, Motor Ability Test |
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What is the BMCT?
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Specific Aptitude Test: useful for job applicants in the mechanical trades
WWII created a need to identify both recruits and workers with mechanical aptitude current version of this test was published in 1980 good reliability good norms good criterion related validity studies |
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What personality tests are used in employment testing?
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CPI
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What are integrity tests?
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Assess honesty and employee reliabilty
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What is a covert personality test of integrity?
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Personality based, less obvious and less offensive
ex: CPI, MMPI |
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What is an overt personality test of integrity?
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Attitudes & Omissions, can be easily faked, 30-60% fail rate
Ex: reid report, stanton survey |
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Do integrity tests work?
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yield too many false positives
manuals often provide unrealistic cut-off scores |
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What is a work sample?
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mini replica of job that allows applicant to demonstrate their ability to do the job.
ex: typing test |
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What is a situational excercise?
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white collar version of the work sample used for management and professional positions
simulate the environment of the job for prospective employees and evaluates applicants performance generally has good predictive validity |
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What are interest inventories?
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can be used to determine satisfaction with school major or satisfaction with a career but do not predict success as well as maximum performance measures
find out what jobs best fit individual personality style productivity= ability x interest |
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Do interest inventories work?
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tend to be more predictive of what people will not choose for a career than what they will
actual choice is more influenced by ability and opportunty |
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What is the SII?
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identifys major patterns of interest and similarity to others satisfied in their ocupations
used in educational and occupational counseling |
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What assumptions is the SII based on?
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1. each occupation has an identifiable pattern of interests
2. people have relatively stable interests and personality traits and a match between their traits and someone successful in an occupation will likely lead to satisfaction with that occupation only measures interests and not skills |
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What is the RIASEC MODEL?
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most people fit best with one theme
many also resemble a 2nd or 3rd theme can create a code type for individuals and for job and match great reliability |
