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:: XI. Questionnaires: The personal history record and the interest analysis

Collection:: Economics Books

QUESTIONNAIRES 145 medical examiner. (Rating scales have a companion use here.) CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD QUESTIONNAIRE An ideal questionnaire gets the special information the investigator wants, and nothing else. It varies in form not only according to the kind of information sought, but also with the source from which the information is to be obtained. Its questions are worded concisely and without ambiguity. It is constructed in a form which tends to motivate the person in whose hands it is placed to give complete and accurate answers. It is convenient to fill out and to score. The questionnaire should be preceded by printed instruc- tions and a statement to the effect that the replies will be treated as confidential. It is advisable also to print instructions to complete the questionnaire rapidly. This not only saves time but over- comes the tendency to study answers and give the best one. The questionnaire should be concise. There are many ways of condensing questions to make them less burdensome and repugnant, as well as more convenient to answer. This not only reassures the subject, but saves printing costs. The following questionnaire for the analysis of interests is a good example of economy of space. The question is not repeated for each item. What was your attitude toward the following subjects when in school? Draw a circle around L if you liked the subject, and around D if vou disliked it. Mathematics LD Music LD Manual training LD Chemistry L 2 Physiology I © Ancient Shop work Iv Mechanical drawing I. 0 languages LD Modern languages L ©) English composition L Spelling LD Penmanship L (+ History L > Civics LD Economics L i{* Commercialsubjects LT Public speaking LD Sociology LD Physics LC Writing should be reduced to a minimum, as in the ex- ample just cited. This not only conserves the time of the worker, but avoids the necessity later for deciphering poor

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