A comparison of the fidelity of police assessment techniques

Abstract

The purpose of personnel selection is to successfully match the right person with the right job. The decision to hire or promote should not be made without a comprehensive review of various assessment procedures and their predictive usefulness. One vital aspect of the assessment process involves the fidelity of the selection procedure that is chosen, that is, the extent of exact correspondence between reality and a given test condition. An example of a low fidelity measure would be to present a verbal description of a hypothetical work situation and ask applicants how they would deal with a situation while higher fidelity measures elicit actual responses for performing a task. Despite extensive research on various assessment procedures, there has been little exploration of the fidelity continuum of tests. This study was designed to investigate this issue and to determine whether there is a significant relationship between low and high fidelity tests with regard to prediction of successful performance and reduction of cost in police assessment.

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Graduation Date

1992

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Burroughs, Wayne

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Format

PDF

Pages

121 p.

Language

English

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0029854

Subjects

Arts and Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Sciences

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