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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
11/03/2010

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Content related validity
Definition
effectiveness of a test in predicting an individual's behavior in specific situations.
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Criterion
Definition
a dependent or predicted measure for judging the effectiveness of persons, organizations, treatments or predictors of behavior, results, or organizational effectiveness.
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conceptual criterion
Definition
the theoretical construct or standard intended to represent the performance domain (good employee, good student)
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actual criterion
Definition
an attempt to quantify/operationalize the conceptual criterion (job performance ratings, gpa)
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criterion deficiency
Definition
the part of the conceptual criterion that is not measured by the actual criterion
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criterion contamination
Definition
the part of the actual criterion that is unrelated to the conceptual criterion
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criterion relevance
Definition
degree of overlap or similarity between the actual criterion and the conveptual criterion. extent to which the actual criterion effectively represents the conceptual criterion.
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objective criteria (hard)
Definition
indicators/metrics of job performance that are relatively objective or factual in character
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subjective criteria (soft)
Definition
indicators/metric of job performance that are the product of someon's subject ratings or judgments.
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objective criteria
Definition
production, sales, tenure, turnover, absenteeism, accidents, theft
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subjective criteria
Definition
judgments made of an employees performance. ratings or rankings, multi source opinions.
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task performance
Definition
activities that contribute to the organizations technical core
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contextual performance
Definition
activities that shape the organizational, social, and psychological context. performing tasks that are not formally part of the job. greater good.
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what does criterion range from?
Definition
-1.0 to +1.0
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construct
Definition
extent to which the test may be said to measure a theoretical construct or trait.
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convergent validity
Definition
different measures of the same construct should be correlated or related to each other
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divergent or discriminate validity
Definition
different measure of different constructs should not be correlated or realted to eachother.
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reliability
Definition
consistency or stability of scores/measure. consistency of scores obtained by the same person when examined with the same test on different occasions. based on correlation.
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validity
Definition
it is an assessment of what the test measures and how well it does so. depends not only on the predictors, but also on the criterion
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Criterion related norm referenced
Definition
base rate
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criterion related criterion referenced
Definition
regression, expect, charts, utility analysis, contrast groups
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content related norm referenced
Definition
mean, standard d, percentile
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content related criterion referenced
Definition
% of test scores, (70%) angoff,
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Ada
Definition
disabilities act
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adea
Definition
employees over 40
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full professor is...
Definition
job family
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most freq. used research design
Definition
correlational
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most freq. used measurement
Definition
interval
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operational IV
Definition
sladerous written feedback
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time and motion studies
Definition
frank gilbreth
Term
true in I/O in WWII
Definition
assessment centers (dangerous espiionage)
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prospecting theory
Definition
focuses exclusively on organizations actions and decisions (you'd be lucky to be with me)
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mating theory
Definition
highlights the role of candidates actions and decisions as well as fit and timing
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ASA Model
Definition
attraction, selection, attrician
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realiability
Definition
stablity/consistency of a measure
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validity
Definition
what this measures is what it said it measures
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criterion
Definition
effectiveness of a task predicting behavior in specific situations
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all forms of validity range from
Definition
-1 to +1
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content related:
Definition
extent that it measures rational evaluations
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construct related:
Definition
said that the test may be said to measure a theoretical construct or trait
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criterion designs: predictive
Definition
usually used on applicants (has time lag)
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criterion designs: concurrent
Definition
completed by uncumbants (Artificially inflated)
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criterion designs: posdictive
Definition
gets job scores then test scores
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