Assessment, Measurement, and Prediction for Personnel Decisions, 2ndRobert M. Guion
CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR xi
PREFACE xiii
PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR PERSONNEL DECISIONS 1
CHAPTER: 1
MEMBERSHIP DECISIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS 3
Antecedents of Personnel Decisions 4
A Point of View 10
Approaches to Membership Decisions 11
The Role of Research in Personnel Decisions 12
The Role of Policy in Personnel Decisions 24
Con½uence of Theory, Research, and Practice 29
Concluding Note 31
CHAPTER: 2
ANALYSIS OF SELECTION PROBLEMS 33
Job Analysis 33
Methods of Job Analysis 36
Organizational Need Analysis 65
Concluding Note 77
CHAPTER: 3
DEVELOPING THE PREDICTIVE HYPOTHESIS 79

CHAPTER: 4
THE LEGAL CONTEXT FOR PERSONNEL DECISIONS 121

CHAPTER: 5
BASIC CONCEPTS IN MEASUREMENT 157

CHAPTER: 6
FURTHER CONCEPTS IN MEASUREMENT 189

CHAPTER: 7
BIVARIATE PREDICTION OF PERFORMANCE 227

CHAPTER: 8
THE USE OF MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS 269


CHAPTER: 9
BIAS, GROUP DIFFERENCES, AND ADVERSE IMPACT 305

PART III: ASSESSMENT METHODS: PRACTICE AND RESEARCH 333
CHAPTER: 10
CHALLENGES TO TRADITIONAL WAYS 335

CHAPTER: 11
ASSESSMENTS BY TESTS AND INVENTORIES 375

CHAPTER: 12
JUDGMENT IN ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION 411

CHAPTER: 13
ASSESSMENT BY RATINGS 449

CHAPTER: 14
ASSESSMENT BY RéSUMéS, INTERVIEWS, AND PERSONAL HISTORY 487

CHAPTER: 15
MULTIPLE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES 521