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1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:
9780309597814
Inhalt:
Performance Assessment for the Workplace -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contents of Volume II -- Preface -- Overview -- THE JPM PROJECT -- ORIGINS OF THE PROJECT -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- What is Performance? -- What is a Job? -- What is a Task? -- MEASURING JOB PERFORMANCE -- Relative Versus Absolute Measures -- Sampling Issues -- Test Administration -- EVALUATION: THE QUALITY OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES -- Reliability -- Validity -- Fairness Analysis -- THE FINAL STEP: LINKING ENLISTMENT STANDARDS TO JOB PERFORMANCE -- 1 Psychological Testing and the Challenge of the Criterion -- INTRODUCTION -- AMERICAN TESTING TECHNOLOGY -- The Science of Testing -- Practical Applications -- The Army Alpha and Beyond -- THE CRITERION PROBLEM IN VALIDATION RESEARCH -- Evolution of the Criterion Problem -- Performance Appraisal -- The Importance of the Criterion Issue -- 2 Policy Goals and Testing -- SELECTION AND TRAINING GOALS -- RECRUITING THE FORCE -- Demographic Trends in the Youth Population -- Recruiting Policy and Fairness Issues -- The Changing Technological Environment -- THE ROLE OF TESTING -- The Evolution of Mental Aptitude Screening in the Military -- The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery -- ENLISTMENT STANDARDS AND QUALITY GOALS -- The Contemporary System -- How Much Quality is Enough? -- 3 Improving Job Performance Criteria for Selection Tests -- THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- Phase I: Developing Performance Measures -- Jobs Viewed as a Collection of Tasks -- Assessment of Job Proficiency -- The JPM Criterion Construct -- Benchmarks and Surrogates -- Phase II: Linking Enlistment Standards to Job Performance -- THE RESEARCH PLAN -- Selection of Occupations for Study -- Army -- Navy -- Air Force -- Marine Corps -- Types of Criterion Measures Developed -- Hands-On Tests -- Walk-Through Performance Tests -- Simulations -- Job Knowledge Tests.
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ISBN 9780309045384
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780309045384
Sprache:
Englisch
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