Content Validation

question 43

Multiple Choice

Content validation:

• A)seeks to establish an empirical relationship between test scores taken prior to being hired and eventual performance on the job.
• B)refers to the degree to which a measure is correlated with other measures that it is theoretically predicted to correlate with.
• C)is performed by demonstrating that the items, questions, or problems posed by a test are a representative sample of the kinds of situations or problems that occur on the job.
• D)is an estimate of whether a test appears to measure a certain criterion.
• E)assesses the validity of a test by administering it to people already on the job and then correlating test scores with existing measures of each person's performance.

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Definitions:

Voting Shares

Shares that give the shareholder the right to vote on matters of corporate policy and the selection of board members.

Investment Account

A financial account held at a bank or brokerage that is used to hold securities, stocks, bonds, and other investments.

Unamortized Acquisition Differential

The portion of the difference between the purchase price and the book value of an acquired entity that has not yet been amortized.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used by a company to record its investment in another company based on the profit or loss and other comprehensive income of the investee.