ERTH 2415 Study Guide - Microsoft Powerpoint

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: ERTH 2415
• Professor: Jason Mah

Document Summary

Don"t worry about the historical facts (history of police selection) - it won"t be on the exam. Screening out those with undesirable qualities is easier to do than selecting in those with desirable qualities. Selection across provinces and territories is different, but one common theme is: Most use cognitive ability tests and personality tests. Most agencies have a multi-step / multi-hurdle approach, where you have to pass each step to move onto the next one. Job analysis: defines what ksas (knowledge, skills, and abilities) make a good police officer, can be done formally with surveys or informally by conversation / ride - alongs c. There has to be an agreement on ksas: construction and validation, developing instruments to measure the ksas and ensuring that they are related to performance ( predictive validity) Deciding on performance measure (different performance measures provide different results) Range restriction (screening of unqualified applicants provides a restricted range of scores)