In Examination of the Decision Accuracy of a Selection Battery

question 96

Multiple Choice

In examination of the decision accuracy of a selection battery, the number of applicants who were not hired, and who would have performed poorly if they had been, are known as:

• A)false positives.
• B)correct rejections.
• C)false alarms.
• D)misses.

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Definitions:

Nominal Variable

A categorical variable for which different values represent different categories without any intrinsic ranking order.

Interval Data

A type of numerical data involving measurements where both the order and the exact differences between the measurements matter, but there is no true zero point.

Quantitative Data

Data that can be quantified and verified, and is amenable to statistical manipulation. It represents the quantity of something rather than its quality.

Numerical Data

Information that is quantifiable and usually collected in number form, used for statistical analysis or calculations.