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One guideline for effective staffing practice is that all predictors should be routinely subjected to content validation.

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Which of the following statements about measurement is not correct?

A) it assigns numbers to objects.
B) it is based on rules determined in advance.
C) it measures the object not the attribute.
D) it measures constructs.

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Length in inches is an example of a(n) ________.

A scale in which objects are rank ordered according to how much of the attribute they possess.

Standard scores are also useful for determining how a person performed, in a relative sense, on two or more tests.This is helpful for comparing relative standing across several tests.

Asking different questions of job applicants during comparisons of interview ratings between these same job applicants is an example of contamination error.

Reliability sets the lower limit on validity.

Research shows that when an attribute is measured by both objective and subjective means, there is often relatively low agreement between scores from the two types of measures.

The consistency of measurement of an attribute refers to its validity.

Content validation is most appropriate when ________.

Coefficient alpha assesses ________.

Comparing scores of objective measures within the same time period is a measure of internal consistency.

The assessment of concurrent validity is more convenient and more efficient than the assessment of predictive validity.

A standard level for statistical significance is p<.50.

To achieve standardization the content of job application tests should be the same for all applicants.

The standard error of measurement allows ________.

Investigation of applicant stock statistics is also known as "utilization analysis."

The larger the correlation coefficient, ________.

Error caused by failing to measure a key aspect of the attribute of interest (i.e., the attribute we wish to measure), is known as contamination error.

In staffing the scores of individuals are treated as if they were the attribute itself, rather than merely indicators of the attribute.