The Search for Construct Validity of Assessment Centers: Does the Ease of Evaluation of Dimensions Matter?

dc.contributor.authorJalbert, Nicole Marieen
dc.contributor.committeechairFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDonovan, John J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSgro, Joseph A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFinney, Jack W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHauenstein, Neil M. A.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:11:00Zen
dc.date.adate1999-05-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:11:00Zen
dc.date.issued1999-04-26en
dc.date.rdate2000-05-14en
dc.date.sdate1999-05-11en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of ease of evaluation of dimensions on the construct validity of a selection assessment center conducted in 1993. High ease of evaluation dimensions, operationalized as the greatest proportion of highly diagnostic behaviors, were expected to demonstrate greater construct and criterion related validity. Multitrait-multimethod analysis and confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that high ease of evaluation dimensions demonstrated greater convergent and discriminant validity than low ease of evaluation dimensions. Contrary to predictions, however, there was little difference in the criterion related validity of the high versus low ease of evaluation dimensions. Moreover, the entire assessment center yielded extremely low predictive validity using both dimension and exercise scores as predictors. The implications of the findings from this study are discussed.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-051199-171411en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-051199-171411/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37790en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartch4.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartch1.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartCHAP2.PDFen
dc.relation.haspartch3.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectassessment centersen
dc.subjectdiagnosticityen
dc.subjectconstruct validityen
dc.titleThe Search for Construct Validity of Assessment Centers: Does the Ease of Evaluation of Dimensions Matter?en
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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