After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
LO 6-1
Establish the basic scientific properties of personnel selection methods, including reliability, validity, and generalizability.
LO 6-2
Discuss how the particular characteristics of a job, organization, or applicant affect the utility of any test.
LO 6-3
Describe the government's role in personnel selection decisions, particularly in the areas of constitutional law, federal laws, executive orders, and judicial precedent.
LO 6-4
List the common methods used in selecting human resources.
LO 6-5
Describe the degree to which each of the common methods used in selecting human resources meets the demands of reliability, validity, generalizability, utility, and legality.