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In constructing a band, how many standard errors are normally used?

A) Three
B) One
C) None
D) Two

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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If a test is valid for two groups, but more valid for one than the other it is said to have _______.

A) known group validity
B) differential validity
C) single group validity
D) validity generalization

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The process of counterbalancing test-taking order is used in which method of estimating reliability?

To compute a band, one needs the:

If we use the weight of an infant to predict the subsequent performance of the infant in college, the weight measure is probably:

The _______ of performance scores makes obtaining a significant validity coefficient more difficult with a concurrent validity design.

Which approach to employee selection would administer several tests to employees one at a time, with the least expensive tests being administered first; would score the various tests on a pass/fail basis; and would continue to test each applicant until he/she failed one of the tests?

When the two scores from alternate forms of a test are correlated and found to be similar, the test is said to have ________.

______ is the basis for validity generalization.

There are three major ways to determine whether a test is reliable. With the _______ method, several people each take the same test twice.

Which of the following hiring decision strategies takes into consideration the degree of error associated with any test score?

Setting your clock ten minutes fast will affect the _______ of the clock.

If a test of reading ability predicts performance of white clerks but not African American clerks, the test has _______.

Even though a test is both reliable and valid, it is not necessarily useful. The _______ are designed to estimate the percentage of future employees who will be successful on the job if an organization uses a particular test.

If an HR director believes the higher that applicants score on a test, the better they will do on the job, she could take a ________ approach to hiring decisions.

What are the components of the Brogden-Cronbach-Gleser utility formula?

To ask if all of the items measure the same thing, or do they measure different constructs, is related to ________.

If test takers do not believe that items on a test measure what they are supposed to measure then the test probably lacks:

Single-group validity and differential validity are types of:

_______ is the extent to which a score from a test is stable and free from error.