Employment Testing

question 198

Multiple Choice

Employment testing

• A) was declared illegal by the EEOC in 1989, because it was often used to discriminate against women and minorities.
• B) is legal, but is a very poor predictor of worker performance.
• C) should be directly related to the job.
• D) should focus on the most basic and general skills rather than on skills directly related to the job.

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Definitions:

Research Hypothesis

A statement predicting a significant relationship or effect between variables, tested against the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statement of no effect or no difference, which researchers aim to test against the alternative hypothesis.

Statistical Significance

Statistical significance indicates the likelihood that a result from data collected and analyzed in a study is not due to chance, typically measured by a p-value.

Significance Level

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the probability level below which the null hypothesis is rejected, typically set at 0.05 or 5%.