Selection and Placement

Establish the basic scientific properties of personnel selection methods, including reliability, validity and generalizability.

Discuss how the particular characteristics of a job, organization, or applicant affect the utility of any test.

Describe the government’s role in personnel selection decisions, particularly in areas of constitutional law, federal laws, executive orders, and judicial precedent.List common methods used in selecting human resources.

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