Which Is an Example of a False Positive in the Context

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a false positive in the context of employee selection?

• A) hired applicants who scored at or above the cut-off score on the employment test went on to fail on the job
• B) hired applicants who scored at or above the cut-off score on the employment test went on to succeed on the job
• C) rejected applicants who scored below the cut-off score on the employment test were rejected but would have gone on to succeed on the job had they been given a chance
• D) rejected applicants who scored below the cut-off score on the employment test were rejected but went on to succeed at another, totally different job

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is believed to contain the true value of an unknown population parameter with a specified level of confidence.

Margin Of Error

A statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results, indicating the expected range in which the true value lies.

Sample Size

The number of observations or individuals in a subset of a population selected for analysis or experimentation.

Hypothesis Test

A statistical method used to determine whether there is enough evidence in a sample of data to infer that a certain condition holds for the entire population.