3 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 3
open access

Revalidation of a Weighted Application Blank to Predict Tenure

Description: This study re-examined a previously validated application blank in use for 1 year to screen applicants for the position of equipment operator with a company involved in hydrocarbon recovery. Subjects were 409 male equipment operators ranging in age from 19 to 38 years. Minorities accounted for 12% of the group, while 88% were white. Subjects were randomly divided into an even group, N = 201, and an odd group, N = 208. Multiple R's of .39 were obtained for the most significant 10 variables in ea… more
Date: December 1980
Creator: Michalski, Louis Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

Validation of Training Outcome Measures: Relationships Between Learning Criteria and Job Performance Criteria

Description: Five learning measures used in a skills training program were related to three types of job performance measures for a sample of 163 oil field employees. Statistical analyses resulted in only modest correlations between learning and job performance criteria. Factor analyses of learning measures followed by multiple regression on factors yielded a significant R with only one criterion measure. It was concluded from these data that the training program was of minimal value. The discussion centere… more
Date: May 1980
Creator: Benavides, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

Relationship of Physical Characteristics, Personality Traits, and Biographical Data to Success of Flight Attendants

Description: With the EEOC requiring empirical criterion-related validity for selection procedures, predictor variables of physical characteristics, biographical data, and personality traits were related to both on-the-job performance and training performance. In the correlational analysis of the variables, a total of 455 flight attendants from a single airline were used, with half of the subjects serving as a cross-validation sample. The results showed slight relationships between biographical data and phy… more
Date: August 1980
Creator: Hons, Michael Jerome
Partner: UNT Libraries
Back to Top of Screen