Procedures in employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 173623112X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-112923

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Author:: Bingham, Walter Van Dyke http://d-nb.info/gnd/123042593; Freyd, Max

Title:: Procedures in employment psychology

Place of publication:: Chicago & New York

Publisher:: Shaw

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: XI, 269 S

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: X. Rating scales (concluded)

Collection:: Economics Books

RATING SCALES FL en —1_ SE Te stor TI Se ai Figure 14: Distribution of self-judgments of roo college students in answer to the question “What are your tendencies with regard to unburdening your inmost feelings to others?” (55). This is a fairly normal distribution of ratings, and implies that the phrases were well chosen and spaced. If there are five phrases, make the intermediate ones closer in meaning to the central one than to the extremes but maintain an equal amount of linear space between phrases. This has the effect of spreading the distribution. The same end may be accomplished by making the intervals on the scale larger between the central phrase and the intermediate ones than between the intermediate ones and the extremes. The phrases used should have the same meaning to all raters. Slang is occasionally effective, but there must be no doubt about its meaning. Special terms and phrases in use in the occupation may be freely substituted for more general terms. Avoid such terms as average, very, extremely, excellent, good, fair, or poor. It is better to use adjectives which in themselves express varying degrees of the ability. Thus, in place of extremely neat one may say fastidious, or in place of very careless in dress one may say slovenly. Make the descriptive phrases short, concise, and apt. Have the phrases set in small type with plenty of white space between them. Have the two extreme phrases set flush with the ends of the line. Allow no breaks or divisions in the rating line. Where the line is divided vertically into five or ten parts, accuracy of rating is sacrificed for convenience in scoring. 137

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