Answer the following 5 Questions below, please use my course textbook ONLY.
Course Textbook
Heneman, H. G., Judge, T. A., & Kammeyer-Mueller, J. D. (2012). Staffing organizations (7th ed.). Middleton, WI: Mendota House.
Question 1
Deficiency error would not indicate a failure to __________.
Answer
a)measure some portion of the attribute of interest
b)adequately define the attribute of interest
c)construct a proper measure of the totality of the attribute
d)calculate the standard deviation
Question 2
The correlation coefficient expresses __________.
Answer
a)causality
b)variance
c)strength of the relationship between two variables
d)the range between two variables
Question 3
Which of the following is a true statement?
Answer
a)true score divided by error equals actual score
b)actual score equals true score plus error
c)actual score plus error equals true score
d)true score equals variance plus error
Question 4
Comparing the same supervisor''s rating of an employee''s performance at T1 to T2 is a method for assessing ______ reliability.
Answer
a)intrarater
b)fixed-point
c)test-retest
d)interrater
Question 5
Validity of a measure is best defined as _________.
Answer
a)the upper limit of reliability
b)the degree to which scores reflect the attribute that the measure is intended to measure
c)the lower limit of reliability
d)the consistency of measurement