Recommendations for the Effective Design and Use of a Performance

question 59

Multiple Choice

Recommendations for the effective design and use of a performance appraisal or management system include _____________.

• A) evaluations should be in writing
• B) the employee should receive timely feedback about the evaluation and an explanation for any outcome decision
• C) there should be agreement among different raters in their evaluation of the employee's performance
• D) all of these

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Definitions:

Criterion-related Validity

The extent to which a measure is related to an outcome or criterion, testing how well one measure predicts an outcome for another measure.

Construct Validity

The extent to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring.

Construct Validity

The degree to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring, specifically the ability of a measurement tool to actually measure the theoretical construct it intends to measure.

Criterion-related Validity

The extent to which a test's scores correlate with another measure or outcome that it is theoretically expected to predict.