ACING BUSMHR 3200 EXAMS: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FOR THE A+.
Characteristics of Perceiving
Take son many issues at once
Can have difficulty prioritizing issues
Good tolerance of ambiguity
Can experience "Paralysis of Analysis"
Can be overloaded
Tends not to plan
Social Styles Model - Three Primary Dimensions
1.) Assertiveness
2.) Expressiveness
3.) Versatility/ Adaptability
Analytical Style
Need: To be right
Orientation: Thinking
Backup behavior: Withdrawing
Flex challenge: Deciding
Driver Style
Need: To get results
Orientation: Action
Backup behavior: Autocratic
Flex challenge: Listening
Amiable Style
Need: personal security
Orientation: Relationships
Backup behavior: Acquiescence
Flex challenge: Asserting
Expressive Style
Need: Personal approval
Orientation: Spontaneity
Backup behavior: Attacking
Flex challenge: Restraint
Success is...
80% Selection ==> "Hire hard, manage/ develop easy"
, Selection System
Collection of tools, processes, etc. used by an organization to make selection decisions, both internal
and external
Standards for Evaluating Selection Systems
Reliability
Validity
Generalizability (Validity generalization)
Utility
Legality
Reliability
Degree to which a measure (Ex. Test) gives consistent scores across time (In other word, free from error)
- Described with correlation coefficient (0.0 to 1.0) - Test- retest reliability - Alternative forms reliability -
Well- written items, longer measures, etc. help reliability - A necessary condition for a test/ measure to
be valid
Validity
Degree to which a measure (Ex. A test) measures what its supposed to measure - Described with
correlation coefficient (-1.0 to 1.0) - Content validity - Criterion- related validity - Validity generalization
a variation on this
Content Validity
Does a test measure what it is supposed to measure? Face validity
Face Validity
People who aren't experts approve something
Criterion- related Validity
Does this test relate to something important to us?- Concurrent - Predictive
Concurrent Validity
Perform test and compare it to g.p.a. immediately
Predictive Validity
Perform a test and compare it to g.p.a. 3 years later
Validity Generalization
Performed test at Penn State, IU, and Iowa, so same results should apply to OSU
Utility
The benefit of using a given measure, procedure, etc. - If using more than one (Ex. Interviewing plus a
test, would talk about "incremental utility") - Utility driven by validity, reliability, and generalizability -
AND ANSWERS FOR THE A+.
Characteristics of Perceiving
Take son many issues at once
Can have difficulty prioritizing issues
Good tolerance of ambiguity
Can experience "Paralysis of Analysis"
Can be overloaded
Tends not to plan
Social Styles Model - Three Primary Dimensions
1.) Assertiveness
2.) Expressiveness
3.) Versatility/ Adaptability
Analytical Style
Need: To be right
Orientation: Thinking
Backup behavior: Withdrawing
Flex challenge: Deciding
Driver Style
Need: To get results
Orientation: Action
Backup behavior: Autocratic
Flex challenge: Listening
Amiable Style
Need: personal security
Orientation: Relationships
Backup behavior: Acquiescence
Flex challenge: Asserting
Expressive Style
Need: Personal approval
Orientation: Spontaneity
Backup behavior: Attacking
Flex challenge: Restraint
Success is...
80% Selection ==> "Hire hard, manage/ develop easy"
, Selection System
Collection of tools, processes, etc. used by an organization to make selection decisions, both internal
and external
Standards for Evaluating Selection Systems
Reliability
Validity
Generalizability (Validity generalization)
Utility
Legality
Reliability
Degree to which a measure (Ex. Test) gives consistent scores across time (In other word, free from error)
- Described with correlation coefficient (0.0 to 1.0) - Test- retest reliability - Alternative forms reliability -
Well- written items, longer measures, etc. help reliability - A necessary condition for a test/ measure to
be valid
Validity
Degree to which a measure (Ex. A test) measures what its supposed to measure - Described with
correlation coefficient (-1.0 to 1.0) - Content validity - Criterion- related validity - Validity generalization
a variation on this
Content Validity
Does a test measure what it is supposed to measure? Face validity
Face Validity
People who aren't experts approve something
Criterion- related Validity
Does this test relate to something important to us?- Concurrent - Predictive
Concurrent Validity
Perform test and compare it to g.p.a. immediately
Predictive Validity
Perform a test and compare it to g.p.a. 3 years later
Validity Generalization
Performed test at Penn State, IU, and Iowa, so same results should apply to OSU
Utility
The benefit of using a given measure, procedure, etc. - If using more than one (Ex. Interviewing plus a
test, would talk about "incremental utility") - Utility driven by validity, reliability, and generalizability -
