Organization C Has Developed a New Selection System

question 16

Multiple Choice

Organization C has developed a new selection system. The company is interested in determining if the system predicts performance on the job, so Organization C gave the selection tests to 100 existing employees. What is the best way to describe this process?

• A) assessing concurrent validity through a cross-validation study
• B) assessing concurrent validity through a criterion-related validity study
• C) assessing predictive validity through a criterion-related validity study
• D) assessing predictive validity through a cross-validation study

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean; it is calculated as the average of the squared differences from the Mean.

Chi-squared Distribution

The Chi-squared distribution is a statistical distribution widely used in inferential statistics, especially in chi-squared tests, described by degrees of freedom.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information or parameter.

Student T Distribution

Student's t-distribution is a probability distribution used in statistics, especially for small sample sizes or unknown population variances, providing a basis for the estimation of population parameters.