Fran Wants to Hire a Diverse Group of Capable People

question 10

Multiple Choice

Fran wants to hire a diverse group of capable people to work at her fitness studios. Unfortunately, when she administers cognitive ability tests, many people from the groups she wants to include do not score well. What should Fran do to meet her goals?

• A) ignore the test results because they are biased and under predict job performance for disadvantaged groups
• B) deemphasize the cognitive ability tests and train workers in the cognitive skills required by the job
• C) hold off opening her studios until she finds enough people from these groups who do score well
• D) make sure to scrap the battery of tests and only use one general cognitive ability test
• E) allow people in these groups to cheat so they can earn the scores she is looking for

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