Revisiting predictive bias of cognitive ability tests against Hispanic American job applicants

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 517-542
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Berry ◽  
Peng Zhao ◽  
Juan Carlos Batarse ◽  
Craig Reddock
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Hispanic American ◽  
Cognitive Ability Tests ◽  
Ability Tests

scholarly journals Job applicants’ attitudes towards cognitive ability and personality testing

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachelle Visser ◽  
Pieter Schaap
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Test Validity ◽  
Employee Selection ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Personality Testing ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Cognitive Ability Tests ◽  
Ability Tests

Orientation: Growing research has shown that not only test validity considerations but also the test-taking attitudes of job applicants are important in the choice of selection instruments as these can contribute to test performance and the perceived fairness of the selection process.Research purpose: The main purpose of this study was to determine the test-taking attitudes of a diverse group of job applicants towards personality and cognitive ability tests administered conjointly online as part of employee selection in a financial services company in South Africa.Motivation for the study: If users understand how job applicants view specific test types, they will know which assessments are perceived more negatively and how this situation can potentially be rectified.Research design, approach and method: A non-experimental and cross-sectional survey design was used. An adapted version of the Test Attitude Survey was used to determine job applicants’ attitudes towards tests administered online as part of an employee selection process. The sample consisted of a group of job applicants (N = 160) who were diverse in terms of ethnicity and age and the educational level applicable for sales and supervisory positions.Main findings: On average, the job applicants responded equally positively to the cognitive ability and personality tests. The African job applicants had a statistically significantly more positive attitude towards the tests than the other groups, and candidates applying for the sales position viewed the cognitive ability tests significantly less positively than the personality test.Practical and managerial implications: The choice of selection tests used in combination as well as the testing conditions that are applicable should be considered carefully as they are the factors that can potentially influence the test-taking motivation and general test-taking attitudes of job applicants.Contribution: This study consolidated the research findings on the determinants of attitudinal responses to cognitive ability and personality testing and produced valuable empirical findings on job applicants’ attitudes towards both test types when administered conjointly

An exploration of measurement bias due to worry and emotionality components of test anxiety on cognitive ability tests

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Papantoniou ◽  
Despina Moraitou ◽  
Dimitra Filippidou ◽  
Magda Dinou ◽  
Effie Katsadima
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Measurement Bias ◽  
Cognitive Ability Tests ◽  
Ability Tests

THE EFFECTS OF APPLICANTs' REACTIONS TO COGNITIVE ABILITY TESTS AND AN ASSESSMENT CENTER

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 715-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
THERESE HOFF MACAN ◽  
MARCIA J. AVEDON ◽  
MATTHEW PAESE ◽  
DAVID E. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Assessment Center ◽  
Cognitive Ability Tests ◽  
Ability Tests

scholarly journals Measurement and structural invariance of cognitive ability tests after computer-based training

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 370-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hermes ◽  
Frank Albers ◽  
Jan R. Böhnke ◽  
Gerrit Huelmann ◽  
Julia Maier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Computer Based Training ◽  
Cognitive Ability Tests ◽  
Ability Tests ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Structural Invariance

Retest effects in cognitive ability tests: A meta-analysis

Intelligence ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 44-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Scharfen ◽  
Judith Marie Peters ◽  
Heinz Holling
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Ability Tests ◽  
Ability Tests
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