ION Consulting Is a Small Firm That Cannot Afford to Conduct

question 42

Multiple Choice

ION Consulting is a small firm that cannot afford to conduct validity studies for the selection tools it uses.The HR director at ION plans to use a selection tool that is used by the firm's largest and most successful competitors.The decision by the HR director is most likely based on ________.

• A) utility analysis
• B) construct reliability
• C) validity generalization
• D) alternate form estimates

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Definitions:

ADH Production

The synthesis and release of antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin) by the posterior pituitary gland, which helps regulate water balance in the body.

Colloid Osmotic Pressure

The pressure exerted by proteins, mainly albumin, in a blood vessel's plasma that tends to pull water into the circulatory system.

Ascending Limb

Part of the loop of Henle in the kidney nephron that transports filtrate from the renal medulla back towards the cortex, important for the reabsorption of water and salts.

Loop of Henle

A section of the nephron in the kidney that is responsible for concentrating urine and conserving water.