| Abstrakt: |
Synthetic validity is "The inferring of validity in a specific situation from a logical analysis of jobs into their elements, and a combination of those elemental validities into a whole" (Balma, 1959, p. 395). The process of synthetic validation is related to validity generalization, since the validity of a test battery is inferred rather than demonstrated for a specific job and setting. This inference is based on the development of a matrix of (a) job elements common to a family of jobs and (b) selection tests that are predictive of job performance on those individual job elements. A basic assumption of synthetic validation is that different jobs involving the same kinds of behavior should also require the same knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics see KSAOs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
