In Their Classic Article on Handling Criteria, Schmidt and Kaplan

question 86

Multiple Choice

In their classic article on handling criteria, Schmidt and Kaplan (1971) argue that when making hiring decisions most applied psychologists should:

• A)use a weighted composite for hiring, and then examine the relationships between predictors and the various criteria.
• B)examine multiple criteria in light of predictor variables without combining them into a composite.
• C)treat performance as a single construct.
• D)weight the criterion dimensions the same as those used for termination decisions.

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