CODESP Evaluating Selection Process Effectiveness 5

Question 1

Which approach to setting cut scores relies on judgments about the minimum acceptable level of competence for a position?

Accepted Answer

Angoff method

Answer

The Angoff method asks subject matter experts to estimate the probability that a minimally competent candidate would answer each item correctly, then sums these probabilities.

Question 2

What does a Taylor-Russell table help practitioners determine in selection?

Accepted Answer

The proportion of successful employees expected given a validity coefficient, base rate, and selection ratio

Answer

Taylor-Russell tables show the expected proportion of successful hires as a function of test validity, the base rate of success, and the selection ratio.

Question 3

An organization discovers that structured interviews predict performance but so does a cognitive test alone. The interviews add no unique predictive variance. This finding describes:

Accepted Answer

Low incremental validity of the interview

Answer

When a new predictor explains no additional variance in the criterion beyond what an existing predictor captures, it has low or zero incremental validity.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes 'synthetic validity'?

Accepted Answer

Inferring validity for a composite job by combining validity evidence from component job elements

Answer

Synthetic validity builds overall job validity by assembling component-level validity evidence for each job element identified through job analysis.

Question 5

A selection process is found to be valid but results in disparate impact. Under what legal doctrine may it still be defensible?

Accepted Answer

Business necessity

Answer

Employers may defend a selection practice causing disparate impact by demonstrating business necessity—that the practice is job-related and required for safe, effective job performance.

CODESP - Cooperative Organization for the Development of Employee Selection Procedures Practice Test

CODESP - Cooperative Organization for the Development of Employee Selection Procedures Practice Test

CODESP Evaluating Selection Process Effectiveness 5