When Psychologists Use the Predictive Method to Establish Evidence of Validity

question 17

Multiple Choice

When psychologists use the predictive method to establish evidence of validity for a pre-employment test, they ask the employer to ______.

• A) hire all the applicants who take the test
• B) hire all the applicants who pass the test
• C) use the test on all people employed by the company in a similar job
• D) postpone hiring until the criterion is measured

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Definitions:

Perfect Competitor

an individual firm operating in a perfect competition market structure, which cannot influence the market price and produces a standard product.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers, typically sloping downward from left to right.

Marginal Revenue

The additional revenue that is generated by selling one more unit of a product or service.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production (fixed plus variable costs) divided by the total quantity of output produced.