HRMN 3420 exam 2 2025 Questions and
Answers
correlation coefficient - --CORRECT ANSWER--it represents the relationship or
covariance between two variables or sets of numbers
no variance - --CORRECT ANSWER--no co-variance, or correlation to predict
outcomes of interest
it shows differences and if there is none we cannot predict outcomes of interest
it's important to compute to be confident in our selection measures & that they
meaningfully predict outcomes of importance - --CORRECT ANSWER--why is
variance necessary to compute a correlation?
perfect positive relationship - --CORRECT ANSWER--+1 slope
perfect negative relationship - --CORRECT ANSWER---1
causation - --CORRECT ANSWER--correlation does not equal ...
strength of correlation - --CORRECT ANSWER--inferred by judging both the
slope & compactness of a scatterplot of the X & Y values
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, more compact - --CORRECT ANSWER--stronger correlation
less compact - --CORRECT ANSWER--weaker correlation
job analysis - --CORRECT ANSWER--provides information about tasks that will
be performed by the individual hired & the KSAOs the individual must have to
perform the job effectively
recruitment - --CORRECT ANSWER--attracts people with the KSAOs needed
and who are likely to accept the offer
selection - --CORRECT ANSWER--takes the pool of applicants delivered by
recruitment and selects a subset of them by measuring all the applicants use some
of these methods & making these decisions based on what the methods measured
4 criteria with which we evaluate the quality of selection measures - --CORRECT
ANSWER--reliability, validity, generalizability, legality
reliability - --CORRECT ANSWER--degree to which a measure is free of random
error; consistency of measure; the higher this is the better
Repetition in Items (Inter-item reliability) - --CORRECT ANSWER--Give an
applicant a survey that asks the same kinds of items multiple times; correlate the
items
higher the better- measuring the same underlying factor or KSAO
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Answers
correlation coefficient - --CORRECT ANSWER--it represents the relationship or
covariance between two variables or sets of numbers
no variance - --CORRECT ANSWER--no co-variance, or correlation to predict
outcomes of interest
it shows differences and if there is none we cannot predict outcomes of interest
it's important to compute to be confident in our selection measures & that they
meaningfully predict outcomes of importance - --CORRECT ANSWER--why is
variance necessary to compute a correlation?
perfect positive relationship - --CORRECT ANSWER--+1 slope
perfect negative relationship - --CORRECT ANSWER---1
causation - --CORRECT ANSWER--correlation does not equal ...
strength of correlation - --CORRECT ANSWER--inferred by judging both the
slope & compactness of a scatterplot of the X & Y values
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, more compact - --CORRECT ANSWER--stronger correlation
less compact - --CORRECT ANSWER--weaker correlation
job analysis - --CORRECT ANSWER--provides information about tasks that will
be performed by the individual hired & the KSAOs the individual must have to
perform the job effectively
recruitment - --CORRECT ANSWER--attracts people with the KSAOs needed
and who are likely to accept the offer
selection - --CORRECT ANSWER--takes the pool of applicants delivered by
recruitment and selects a subset of them by measuring all the applicants use some
of these methods & making these decisions based on what the methods measured
4 criteria with which we evaluate the quality of selection measures - --CORRECT
ANSWER--reliability, validity, generalizability, legality
reliability - --CORRECT ANSWER--degree to which a measure is free of random
error; consistency of measure; the higher this is the better
Repetition in Items (Inter-item reliability) - --CORRECT ANSWER--Give an
applicant a survey that asks the same kinds of items multiple times; correlate the
items
higher the better- measuring the same underlying factor or KSAO
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