Performance Assessment for the Workplace, Volume II : Technical Issues

Performance Assessment for the Workplace -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Measuring Job Performance -- INTRODUCTION -- COGNITIVE COMPONENTS OF SKILL -- Procedural Content -- Goal Structure -- Basic and Prerequisite Abilities (Operators) -- Procedures (Methods) -- Selection Rules -- Conceptual Knowledge -- Task Structure -- Background Knowledge -- Context of Use -- Critical Mental Models -- Knowledge Engineering is One Aspect of Cognitive Task Analysis -- Levels of Acquisition -- Declarative Knowledge -- Skill Automation -- Skill Refinement -- Summary -- METHODS FOR COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS MEASUREMENT -- Procedure Ordering Tasks -- Sorting Tasks -- Realistic Troubleshooting Tasks -- Connection Specification Tasks -- What-How-Why Tasks -- AREAS OF THE MILITARY WHERE COGNITIVE TECHNIQUES HAVE PROMISE -- REFERENCES -- Work Samples as Measures of Performance -- INTRODUCTION -- Theoretical Bases for Work Sample Testing -- Previous Reviews of Work Sample Testing -- Meta-analytic Reviews of Validity Studies Involving Work Samples -- WORK SAMPLES AS PREDICTORS -- Assessing Trainability Using Work Samples -- WORK SAMPLES AS CRITERIA -- Physical Ability as a Predictor of Work Sample Performance -- Paper-and-Pencil Tests as Predictors of Work Sample Performance -- Performance Ratings Validated Against Work Samples -- Behavior Modeling Measured by Work Sample Performance -- ASSESSMENT CENTERS -- MEASUREMENT ISSUES -- Reliability -- Response Formats for Work Sample Evaluations -- ADVERSE IMPACT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Measuring Job Competency -- THE RECOMMENDATION TO MEASURE COMPETENCY -- Performance-Based Selection Standards -- Interpreting Performance Scores -- Domain-Referenced Testing -- Advantages of a Domain-Referenced Scale -- Validity -- Entrance Standards -- Allocation -- Quality Needs.