The Content Validation of an Employment Selection Process for Vehicle Mechanics

The current study is a significant portion of a content validation study conducted to evaluate new selection tools developed by an organization. In it I assessed the content validity of a structured interview through the following steps: conducting a literature review to establish best practices, reviewing the data gathering process, conducting data analyses, recommending item weights, evaluating the validity of the interview, suggesting standardized materials, creating a plan for training for interview use, and ensuring documentation is kept as required by law. The data were collected internally by the organization and were provided for analyses. Analyses included one-way ANOVAs, and the calculation of r*wg for the Subject Matter Expert (SME) importance ratings. Results indicated that the SME ratings exhibited acceptable interrater agreement and that all competencies were important. Therefore, the interview based on these ratings has acceptable content validity. Recommendations were provided to the organization regarding possible alternatives and the impact that the decisions made would have on the resulting validity.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2010

Author dc:creator

• Heighway, Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Betsy Schoenfelt (Director),Dr. Reagan Brown, Dr. Jacqueline Pope-Tarrence

• personnel management
• employment tests
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/150

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1151