You Are on a Committee Tasked with Hiring New Employees

question 36

Multiple Choice

You are on a committee tasked with hiring new employees.Given what you know about the self-serving bias, you are concerned that applicants may exaggerate their qualifications in their application or during their interview.What can you do to prevent applicants' self-serving biases from influencing the interview process?

• A) Ask applicants to complete a questionnaire rating their qualifications during the application process, then ask the same questions during the interview to see if applicants are providing consistent ratings.
• B) Focus your attention to how applicants discuss their weaknesses, and place less importance on their descriptions of their strengths.
• C) Focus your attention on qualifications that are clearly observable and backed up by concrete evidence.
• D) Ask applicants to complete a self-esteem questionnaire, then only invite candidates with high self-esteem to interview.
• E) Ask applicants to complete a self-esteem questionnaire, then only invite candidates with low self-esteem to interview.

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Definitions:

P-value

The probability of observing a test statistic as extreme as, or more extreme than, the value observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used to make decisions about a population parameter in hypothesis testing.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A statistical test that doesn't rely on parameter assumptions to evaluate if notable differences exist between two or more independent variable groups, focusing on a continuous or ordinal dependent variable.

Distribution

The spread of values of a variable or the frequencies of occurrence of different possible outcomes in a dataset.