Greg Applied for a Temporary Job as a Accounts Payable

question 28

Multiple Choice

Greg applied for a temporary job as a accounts payable clerk for the county. As part of his employment screening, he was asked to take an exam that had general mathematical aptitude questions on it. This type of selection test is referred to as a

• A) Performance test.
• B) Cognitive ability test.
• C) Validity test.
• D) Personality test.
• E) Certification test.

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Definitions:

Number of Successes

This term refers to the count of times an outcome of interest occurs in a statistical experiment.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used in hypothesis testing and estimation.

Large-Sample Significance

Refers to the level of significance or inferential reliability obtained when testing hypotheses with a large sample size, typically leading to more precise estimates.