What Is the Purpose of a Position Analysis Questionnaire

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a Position Analysis Questionnaire?

• A) to use items or job elements to compare jobs throughout an organization
• B) to determine the people, data, and things required to perform a job
• C) to gather information on qualitative behaviours for a job
• D) to divide a job into dimensions anchored to a numerical scale

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Definitions:

Coefficient of Variation

A statistical measure of the dispersion of data points in a data series around the mean, expressed as a percentage of the mean.

Median

The middle value in a set of data, arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values if there is an even number of observations.

Even Number

An integer that is divisible by 2 without leaving a remainder.

Observations

Data points collected during a study or experiment, representing individual instances or occurrences of the variables being studied.