HRMN 3420 EXAM 2 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026
◉ recruitment.
Answer: Attracts people with the KSAO's needed and who are likely
to accept the offer
◉ selection processes.
Answer: the process by which companies decide who will or will not
be allowed into the organization
Takes the pool of applicants delivered by recruitment and selects a
subset of them by:
1.Measuring all the applicants using some selection methods
2.Making selection decisions based on what the selection methods
measured
◉ evaluate quality of selection measures.
Answer: reliability
validity
legality
generalizability
,◉ reliability.
Answer: The degree to which a measure is free of random error (and
therefore is more precise); also defined as consistency of a measure
◉ true score & random error.
Answer: A score on any measure has two components:
◉ Random error.
Answer: makes variance less trustworthy! Not "true" differences, but
error.
◉ some sources that produce random error.
Answer: Interviews: too conversational, distractions
Tests: Poorly worded questions, scoring mistakes
People: Mood at time of day, fatigue
◉ measurement repetitions.
Answer: Reliability is calculated by correlating _______________.
◉ repetition.
Answer: Items
, Times
Raters
◉ .70+.
Answer: what is considered reliable?
◉ validity.
Answer: the extent to which a measure correlates with some
criterion of interest (aka criterion-related validity)
◉ criterion-related validity.
Answer: Manager ratings of job performance
Future employee turnover
Customer satisfaction ratings
Deviant behaviors: Absenteeism/Theft
◉ reliable.
Answer: Measure has to be ______ to be valid
◉ validity.
Answer: Internal, external, construct, content, face, predictive,
concurrent, are all types of _______.
GUIDE 2026
◉ recruitment.
Answer: Attracts people with the KSAO's needed and who are likely
to accept the offer
◉ selection processes.
Answer: the process by which companies decide who will or will not
be allowed into the organization
Takes the pool of applicants delivered by recruitment and selects a
subset of them by:
1.Measuring all the applicants using some selection methods
2.Making selection decisions based on what the selection methods
measured
◉ evaluate quality of selection measures.
Answer: reliability
validity
legality
generalizability
,◉ reliability.
Answer: The degree to which a measure is free of random error (and
therefore is more precise); also defined as consistency of a measure
◉ true score & random error.
Answer: A score on any measure has two components:
◉ Random error.
Answer: makes variance less trustworthy! Not "true" differences, but
error.
◉ some sources that produce random error.
Answer: Interviews: too conversational, distractions
Tests: Poorly worded questions, scoring mistakes
People: Mood at time of day, fatigue
◉ measurement repetitions.
Answer: Reliability is calculated by correlating _______________.
◉ repetition.
Answer: Items
, Times
Raters
◉ .70+.
Answer: what is considered reliable?
◉ validity.
Answer: the extent to which a measure correlates with some
criterion of interest (aka criterion-related validity)
◉ criterion-related validity.
Answer: Manager ratings of job performance
Future employee turnover
Customer satisfaction ratings
Deviant behaviors: Absenteeism/Theft
◉ reliable.
Answer: Measure has to be ______ to be valid
◉ validity.
Answer: Internal, external, construct, content, face, predictive,
concurrent, are all types of _______.
