PSYC 361 Lecture 10: 10
9 Mar 2017
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Selection battery - a set of predictors or tests used to make employee hiring decisions. Performance is multifaceted and a single predictor is not informative enough. Multiple predictors improve the chances that we accurately predict on-the-job success before hiring. Multiple criteria should efficiently increase criterion-related validity. More overlap between predictors and criterion criterion-related validity. More criteria covered = more that we know about a person"s likely success. Want predictors to be as unique as possible to maximize selection: selection is about making accurate decisions efficiency. Want selection battery to accurately tell us who"s likely to succeed and who"s likely to fail. Possible combinations for what predictors say to do (hire/don"t hire) and whether the person ends up satisfying job criteria (success/failure) System is accurate if it maximizes hits/rejections and minimizes misses/false alarms. Selection batteries with high criterion validity maximize decision accuracy (high hits/rejections, low misses/false alarms) Selection batteries with low criterion validity minimize decision accuracy (similar number of everything)
