Faking biodata tests: are option-keyed instruments more resistant?

Article Abstract:

Response biases in biodata scores derived with option-keying and item-keying procedures were investigated. Results indicated that (a) when subjects simulated responding as job applicants they distorted their responses in a socially desirable direction; (b) item-keyed scores were susceptible to inflation due to socially desirable responding and specific job-title knowledge, but option-keyed scores were not; and (c) response biases were not reflected in response latencies. A supplementary analysis indicated that the two keying procedures may capture different aspects of criterion variance. Implications for reconciling conflicting reports about the susceptibility of biodata scores to response biases are discussed. Issues related to reliability and validity of the two keying procedures, and the generalizability of the results to personality tests, are also discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, Testing, Test bias, Workers, Employment tests

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Effects of assessor training on information use

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This study investigated the impact of assessor training on use of information in arriving at the overall rating (OAR). It was expected that assessors who received 3 weeks of training would use more information in arriving at the OAR than would assessors who received 2 weeks of training. Individual stepwise regression analyses did not reveal enhanced information use as a function of training. High interdimension correlation in both groups indicated no differences in the degree of differentiation among dimensions. The absence of a training effect might have been due to a ceiling effect, to assessor cognitive limitations, to the redundant nature of dimension information, or to some combination of all three. These possibilities are discussed in light of behavioral decision theory. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Statistics, Statistics (Data), Appraisers, Employee training, Regression analysis

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