CMAN 272 EXAM 3 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026
◉ Steps in the Selection Process.
Answer: 1. screening applications and resumes
2. testing and reviewing work samples
3. interviewing candidates
4. checking references and background
5. making a selection
◉ Criteria for evaluating reliability.
Answer: The extent to which a type of measurement is
free from random error
Consistency or stability of a measure
A measure should yield the same estimate on
repeated use
This assumes that what is measured has not changed
Usually calculated with correlation coefficients
*remember that it is not the same as accuracy, think of scale example
from lecture
,◉ Criteria for evaluating validity.
Answer: Whether an assessment allows us to make
confident and accurate decisions
Extent to which performance on a measure is
related to what the measure is designed to
assess
basically asks questions that measure what you're trying to assess
◉ Criterion-Related Validity.
Answer: Validity coefficient = correlation between
predictor (usually a test score) and criterion
(usually job performance)
*when thinking of a graph, the closer to the line the closer the
correlation
◉ predictive validity.
Answer: relationship between all applicants' test scores & their later
performance on the job
, *downfall- there is a time lag between collection of the predictor and
criterion data
◉ Concurrent Validation.
Answer: Relationship between existing employees' test scores and
existing measures of their performance
*this is easier to do because it is current info
◉ content validity.
Answer: extent to which the measure covers the entire domain of
interest (work behaviors and/or attributes)
match between the content of the measure and content of the job
assessed by subject matter experts
◉ contstruct validity.
Answer: The assessment measures the construct(s) that it is
designed to measure
Match between high score on a measure and a high level of
constructs
GUIDE 2026
◉ Steps in the Selection Process.
Answer: 1. screening applications and resumes
2. testing and reviewing work samples
3. interviewing candidates
4. checking references and background
5. making a selection
◉ Criteria for evaluating reliability.
Answer: The extent to which a type of measurement is
free from random error
Consistency or stability of a measure
A measure should yield the same estimate on
repeated use
This assumes that what is measured has not changed
Usually calculated with correlation coefficients
*remember that it is not the same as accuracy, think of scale example
from lecture
,◉ Criteria for evaluating validity.
Answer: Whether an assessment allows us to make
confident and accurate decisions
Extent to which performance on a measure is
related to what the measure is designed to
assess
basically asks questions that measure what you're trying to assess
◉ Criterion-Related Validity.
Answer: Validity coefficient = correlation between
predictor (usually a test score) and criterion
(usually job performance)
*when thinking of a graph, the closer to the line the closer the
correlation
◉ predictive validity.
Answer: relationship between all applicants' test scores & their later
performance on the job
, *downfall- there is a time lag between collection of the predictor and
criterion data
◉ Concurrent Validation.
Answer: Relationship between existing employees' test scores and
existing measures of their performance
*this is easier to do because it is current info
◉ content validity.
Answer: extent to which the measure covers the entire domain of
interest (work behaviors and/or attributes)
match between the content of the measure and content of the job
assessed by subject matter experts
◉ contstruct validity.
Answer: The assessment measures the construct(s) that it is
designed to measure
Match between high score on a measure and a high level of
constructs
