Adverse impact and test validation; a practitioners' guide to valid and defensible employment testing. (CD-ROM included).0566086549 Adverse impact and test validation; a practitioners' guide to valid and defensible employment testing Employment testing is the practice of administering written, oral or other examinations as a means of determining the suitability or desirability of a job applicant. Background . (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Biddle, Dan. Gower Publishing 2005 122 pages $69.95 Hardcover HF5549 Writing for human resource professionals in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Biddle (president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Biddle Consulting Group, an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. consulting firm) describes the tools and procedures for calculating adverse impact in the context of equal employment opportunity liability. He offers chapters describing the concept of adverse impact; selection procedure development and validation; developing, validating, and analyzing written tests, structured interviews, and TEE (training, education, and experience) requirements; and using selection procedures such as cutoff scores, banding, ranking, and weighting. The CD-ROM contains trial versions of software tools for calculating adverse impact. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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