Exam 7: Selection Decisions and Personnel Law

When the decision accuracy of a selection battery is examined, the number of applicants who were not hired but who would have been successful performers can be labeled as:

Draw a diagram that depicts the decision accuracy of a selection decision, where the predictor battery is on the x-axis and the criterion is on the y-axis. Label each quadrant to reflect the accuracy of the selection decision.

In which case might an organization be willing to spend a great deal of money on a selection battery?

Describe the two recent Supreme Court cases involving the University of Michigan. How were the rulings in the two cases different? What might be the impact of these rulings on selection decisions in the workplace?

Lauren validated her selection battery and found a validity coefficient of .74. Later, her selection battery yielded a validity coefficient of .67 when she used a different sample of participants. This drop in the validity coefficient is an example of:

_____ is a statistical technique that estimates how well a series of predictors forecasts a performance criterion.

A department store uses a personality test in its selection battery for managerial jobs. This practice unintentionally results in the hiring of women rather than men. The type of case that can be brought against the store is:

Altoneicia conducts a validation study and finds r=.55. She obtains a second sample and when she validates the measure this time, she finds r=.06. This notable drop between her first sample and her second sample suggests that:

Compare and contrast the multiple cutoff approach to selection with the multiple -regression approach. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?

If Gary believes that a valid test for police officers in Philadelphia would NOT be valid for police officers in Pittsburgh, he believes in:

In order to hire a disabled individual for a job, a small company would have to renovate its building to put in elevators and ramps. The company might argue that these renovations are not possible because of their high expense. If this were the case, we would say that the required renovations are an example of:

A multiple regression helps organizations select an employee by providing:

The ADEA protects only employees who are:

Dr. Zemple wants to see if a manual dexterity test predicts performance. He administers his test to his employees and correlates their scores to their most recent performance review scores. Dr. Zemple is examining:

One benefit of increased use of social media to recruit applicants is that:

What are two major ways in which concurrent validation differs from predictive validation?

To examine whether validities are situationally specific or generalizable across situations, Hunter and Schmidt (1990) recommended using _____ to weight and combine validity coefficients.

Which statement is true?

Which type of validity describes the extent to which test scores obtained at one time account for variance in criteria obtained at the same time?

Which of these would be necessary when estimating the improvement that would likely result from implementing a newly developed selection battery?