When an Interviewer Examines an Outstanding Applicant and Then Rates

question 22

Multiple Choice

When an interviewer examines an outstanding applicant and then rates the following average applicants too low,which error has occurred?

• A) similarity error
• B) first-impression error
• C) contrast error
• D) overweighing of negative information

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Definitions:

Mean

The average value of a series of numbers, found by taking the sum of the numbers and dividing this sum by the quantity of numbers in the series.

Median

In a sequence of numbers sorted from lowest to highest, the median represents the number that lies at the midpoint.

Mode

The commonly encountered value within a series of data.

Mode

The value or category that appears most frequently in a data set.