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:: IV. Choice of workers to be studied

Collection:: Economics Books

IV 40 CHOICE OF WORKERS TO BE STUDIED Considerations in the choice of workers for study. Some disturbing variables to be eliminated. Newly hired versus old employees. THE criterion of vocational accomplishment having been settled upon, the investigator proceeds with the selection of workers or applicants whose abilities he is to measure. The choice must be made with due regard to the adopted cri- terion, so that a sufficient number of cases representing high, low, and average degree of success on the job will surely be included. REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING The criterion which investigator and management have jointly agreed to use—as described in the previous chapter —may be output, length of service, rate of advancement, commission or bonuses earned, or a combination of these and other measures of actual vocational accomplishment. If this criterion is not kept in mind when the decision is made regarding the particular individuals whose abilities are to be the subject of investigation, the study is in danger of leading to inconclusive results. It is obvious that no relationships between test scores and actual abilities on the job can be established if all the workers tested are equally good at the job. In order to learn how well the tests or other measures differentiate the successes from the failures, good and poor workers must both be included. The sub- jects should be representative samplings within the criterion. Equal numbers of successes and failures should be chosen if possible; or if the criterion is threefold—successful, aver-

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