In Chapter 6 of Your Text,Adam Shoemaker,the Featured Professional in Meet

question 97

Multiple Choice

In Chapter 6 of your text,Adam Shoemaker,the featured professional in Meet an Assessment Professional,described the use of a test with little criterion validity.Dr.Shoemaker recalled that this test was used for the purpose of

• A) gauging inter-item consistency of another test.
• B) gaining "buy-in" from the test users.
• C) providing a "job preview" of sorts to assessees.
• D) hiring candidates for mid-level executive positions.

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Definitions:

Continuity Correction

An adjustment made to a discrete distribution when approximating it by a continuous distribution, often used in binomial to normal distribution approximations.

Continuous Probability Curve

A curve that represents the distribution of a continuous random variable, indicating the probabilities of all possible values.

Continuity Correction

An adjustment made to a discrete distribution when approximating it to a continuous distribution.

Binomial Random Variable

A type of random variable that counts the number of successes in a fixed number of independent trials with the same probability of success.