Exam 2 Quiz Questions Flashcards
(35 cards)
Aggregators need ___ to make up their minds.
Lots of info, time, and clear understanding of their needs
The less deviation from regression line the ___ the correlation.
Higher
____ controls for error due to situation and is vulnerable to history effects.
Test-retest reliability
There is a type of validity that is ____.
Based on job analysis, examines 1 measure at a time, based on professional judgment, involves face validity (all of the above)
Assessment centers have multiple ___, ___, and ___.
Dimensions, exercise, evaluators
A company uses a manual dexterity test to hire people; it is discovered that manual dexterity is not related to success on the job. This indicates a problem with ___.
Productive validity
False positives are people who ____.
Hired but not successful
People who would have been successful, but are not selected are called ____.
False negatives
False negatives are ____.
The % of people who would have been successful if hired
The primary purpose for performance appraisal are ___, ___, and ___.
HR system evaluation, decision making, development
‘Objective criteria’ tend to focus on ____.
Work outcomes
In comparison to subjective criteria, objective criteria are more likely to be ____.
Deficient
Focusing solely on production (output) measures may lead to problems with ____.
Product quality
A supervisory rating of an employee’s performance would be an example of what kind of criterion?
Subjective criterion
The forced distribution rating system does not have a problem with which type of common rating error?
Halo, central tendency, severity, leniency (all of the above)
Rating quality is a function of ___, ___, and ____.
Motivation of rater, rating form, skill of rater
A problem often present in having someone from outside the organization evaluate performance is that they do not see ____ performance.
Typical
The tendency of a supervisor to let his/her overall impression of an employee on specific performance dimensions is called ____.
Halo error
The tendency of the supervisor to avoid assigning high or low rating to employees is called ____.
Central tendency
Which of the following tends to be overused by managers?
Training
Which of the following should play the largest role in training needs assessment?
Organization analysis
To determine if a person needs training you should ask yourself.
All of the above
Reinforcement ____ the probability of response.
Increases
The importance of teaching tasks in a particular order is called ____.
Sequencing
