Exam 11: Training Evaluation

What is the dominant training evaluation model in both research and practical experience?

Declarative learning refers to the acquisition of facts and information and is by far the most frequently assessed learning measure.

Which statement reflects the concept of perceived support?

When subjects are randomly assigned,which of the following is the simplest experimental design?

The main reason procedural learning measures are NOT often used is centred on the level of complexity required.

Which of the following are good practices suggested by the textbook for collecting behaviour data?

What kind of research design would you use if you had very limited resources and were only concerned with measuring improvements in a group of trained employees?

The textbook identifies several contributory factors causing companies to forgo training evaluations.Which of the following have NOT been identified?

Decisions to evaluate training programs are often made as a direct result of senior management requests.

Which of the following is a key advantage of the decision-based evaluation (DBE)model over the other two evaluation models described in the textbook?

The textbook offers four ways the COMA model improves upon Kirkpatrick's hierarchical model.Which of the following is NOT one of those improvements?

If management wants to use observation as an assessment method to measure behaviour transfer,how would a human resources representative instruct management so as to mitigate the main issue associated with observation techniques?

Which of the following is considered to be a pragmatic barrier to training evaluation?

Identify and briefly describe the four categories of the COMA training evaluation model.

Descriptive and causal evaluations measure basically the same outcome.

Identify the four levels of Kirkpatrick's hierarchical model of evaluation and briefly explain the concerns with it.

Which type of learning measure is associated with positive training transfer?

Measures of self-efficacy tend to focus on a trainee's perceived level of support in transferring newly learned skills to the job.

Which theory is an important technique used to assess motivation to transfer?

Training evaluation is undertaken for a variety of reasons.Some of the most salient reasons include identifying the costs and benefits of a particular training initiative and determining if expected training outcomes materialized.