Psy 4753 Review Sheet for Test 2
The material here covers the class lectures and Aamodt's book-- Make sure that you know and understand the concepts and
topics in this sheet. Call me or email me if you have questions.
Good luck.
Chap 1: Statistical Review
- Research Methods
- Measures of Central Tendency (mean,
Median, Mode)
- Measures of Variability (Variance,
Standard Deviation, Range)
- Correlation (-1 to 1)- how well the line fits the
data or the degree to which two variables are linearly related.
- Regression- the line that best fits the data.
How can regression be used in personnel selection?
Chap 3: Job Analysis & Criteria issues (Do not worry about the section on
Job Evaluation)
- Criteria (Conceptual & Actual)
- Conceptual vs. Actual Criteria
- Criterion Deficiency, Relevance,
Contamination
- Job Analysis (its purpose)
- Job-Oriented and Worker-Oriented
job analysis procedures
- Techniques of Job Analysis (PAQ, CIT, etc.)
- Types of performance (task, contextual, adaptive,
short-term, long-term)
- Standards for criteria (relevant, reliable, and
valid)
Chap 4: Characteristics of Measurement Instruments
- Basic Measurement Model (X=T+E)
- Definition and concept of
reliability
- The reliability as a ratio of two
variances {variance(T) / [variance(T) + variance(E)]}
- Relationship between test length
and reliability
- Relationship between variability in
the group (population) & reliability (homogenous vs. heterogeneous
groups)
- Different ways of estimating
reliability (test-retest, parallel forms, KR20, alpha. Spearman-Brown
formula, etc.)
- Validity (different ways of finding validity
evidence: content, construct, criterion
related--concurrent and predictive, etc.)
- Validity of different types of
tests (intelligence, Aptitude, personality, Assessment
Centers, Biographical information (Biodata), Work Samples, etc.) from the table that I gave you.
- Selection Paradigm: (cut-off score,
correct decisions, base rate, and
utility.)
- Taylor-Russell Tables
- False positives and false negatives in the
selection paradigm
- The effect of the correlation on the utility of a
test
Chap 5: Recruitment
- The employment interview
- Reasons for lack of validity (lack of job
relatedness, primacy effect, contrast effect, etc.)
- Interviewer training
- Structured interviews
- Realistic job previews
Chap 6: Testing (have a basic understanding of what they are, pp. 232-235.)
- Personality tests
- Interests inventories
- Aptitude tests
- Assessment centers (leaderless group discussion
& in-basket exercises)
- Biodata
Chap 7: Evaluating Employee Performance, up to 324, do not worry about the
section on Termination.
- Scales (Graphic, BOS, BARS, Mixed)
- Objective vs. Subjective measures
- Rating errors
Good luck on the test.