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6 Employee Testing and Selection Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -1
Learning Objectives 1. Explain what is meant by reliability and validity. 2. Explain how you would go about validating a test. 3. Cite and illustrate our testing guidelines. 4. Give examples of some of the ethical and legal considerations in testing. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -2
Learning Objectives 5. List eight tests you could use for employee selection, and how you would use them. 6. Give two examples of work sample/simulation tests. 7. Give examples of some of the ethical and legal considerations in testing. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -3
Why Careful Selection is Important • • Performance Cost Legal obligations Person and job/organization fit Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -4
Explaining what is meant by reliability and validity Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -5
Basic Testing Concepts • Reliability • Validity o Criterion validity o Content validity o Construct validity Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -6
Review • Reliability = consistency • Validity = measuring what you intend to measure Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -7
How to go about validating a test Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -8
Evidence-Based HR: How to Validate a Test • • • Analyze Choose Administer Relate Cross-validate Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -9
Review Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -10
Cite and illustrate our testing guidelines Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -11
Evidence-Based HR: Test Validation Issues • • Who scores the test? Bias Utility analysis Validity generalization Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -12
Review Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -13
Ethical and legal considerations in testing Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -14
Evidence-Based HR: Test Validation Other Issues • • Individual rights and test security Privacy issues Using tests at work Computerized and online testing Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -15
Review • • Rights and security Privacy Tests at work Computerized, online testing Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -16
Tests for employee selection, and how you would use them Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -17
Types of Tests • Cognitive abilities o Intelligence tests o Specific cognitive abilities • • Motor & physical abilities Measuring personality Interest inventories Achievement tests Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -18
What do personality tests measure? • The “Big Five” • Predicting performance • Caveats Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -19
Review • Cognitive abilities • Interests o IQ o Specific mental abilities • Motor skills • Personality • • Achievement “Big 5” Predicting Caveats o Interpretation o Legal issues o Disputing value Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -20
Examples of work sample/simulation tests Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -21
Work samples and simulations • • Basic procedure Situational judgment tests Management assessment centers Situational testing Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -22
Work samples and simulations • Computerized multimedia assessment • Miniature job training and evaluation • Realistic job previews • Testing techniques for managers Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -23
Review • Situational judgment • Assessment centers • Situational testing • Computers • Miniature job training • Realistic job previews • Managers and testing Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -24
Examples of some of the ethical and legal considerations in testing Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -25
Background Investigations • Why perform checks? • Effectiveness • Legal dangers o Defamation o Privacy • How to check Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -26
Background Investigations • • Applicants’ social postings Pre-employment information services The polygraph and honesty testing Graphology Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -27
Background Investigations • • • “Human lie detectors” Physical exams Substance abuse Complying with immigration law Improving productivity through HRIS Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -28
Review • • • Why perform checks? Effectiveness Legal dangers How to check Social postings Information services Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -29
Review • • • Honesty testing Graphology “Human lie detectors” Physicals/drugs Immigration HRIS Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 6 -30
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