PSY 319: Exam 2 [Official] questions with correct answers

Selection ration (SR) - Answer Index ranging from 0 to 1 that reflects the ratio of positions to applicants; calculated by dividing the number of positions available by the number of applicants Utility analysis - Answer Technique that assesses the economic return on investment of human resource interventions such as staffing and training False negative - Answer Decision in which an applicant was rejected but would have performed adequately or successfully; decision is false because of the incorrect prediction that the applicant would not perform successfully and negative because the applicant was not hired False positive - Answer Decision in which an applicant was accepted but performed poorly; decision is false because of the incorrect prediction that the applicant would perform successfully and positive because the applicant was hired True negative - Answer Decision in which an applicant was rejected and would have performed poorly if he or she was hired; decision is true because of the correct prediction that the applicant would not be a good performer and negative because the applicant was not hired True positive - Answer Decision in which an applicant was accepted and performed successfully; decision is true because of the correct prediction that the applicant would be a good performer and positive because the applicant was hired