An Organization-Specific List of Tasks and Their Descriptions Used as a Basis

question 126

Multiple Choice

An organization-specific list of tasks and their descriptions used as a basis to identify components of jobs is known as:

• A) functional job analysis
• B) the critical incident method
• C) task inventory analysis
• D) competency-based analysis

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Definitions:

Longitudinal Study

A research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over short or long periods of time, often many years.

Correlational Study

A research method that examines the extent to which two variables are related, without inferring a cause-and-effect relationship between them.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to place participants into different groups in a way that each participant has an equal chance of being in any group, minimizing biases.

Participants

Individuals who take part in a study or experiment and whose behavior or responses are observed or measured.