Which of the Following Is a Defining Characteristic of the Forced-Choice

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of the forced-choice approach to appraisal?

• A) It requires the supervisor to write a detailed description of the employee's performance.
• B) It requires hiring organizational psychologists to analyze the performance of the employees as a group.
• C) It requires the supervisor to keep a written record of incidents that show positive and negative ways an employee has acted.
• D) It involves the supervisor choosing from sets of statements, the most characteristic and the least characteristic ones describing an employee.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis in statistical inference that proposes no significant effect or relationship exists between variables.

Rejected

In statistical hypotheses testing, the term refers to the conclusion to not accept the null hypothesis based on the evidence provided by the data.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement that contradicts the null hypothesis and indicates what the researcher expects to find.

Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected.