Which type of statement tends to bring the interview to a halt, and thus violates the principles of keeping the interaction flowing?
a. open-ended questions
b. closed-ended questions
c. verbatim playback
d. summarizing
The Triple ZZZ Corporation had 87 black male employees. However, only 50 of the applicant pool was comprised of black males. This is an example of
a. translocation.
b. normalization.
c. overselection.
d. representativeness.
Which of the following attempts to comfort or support the interviewee?
a. evaluative statements
b. probing statements
c. hostile statements
d. reassuring statements
Comparing an individual's test score only with members of his/her own racial group is an example of
a. tracking.
b. within-group norming.
c. norm monitoring.
d. criterion monitoring.
Which of the following demands more information than the interviewee would be willing to provide voluntarily?
a. evaluative statements
b. probing statements
c. hostile statements
d. reassuring statements
Suppose that a doctor weighs your child and finds her to be in the 25th percentile for weight at age 2 . The doctor rechecks your child every few months to be sure that she is staying near the 25th percentile. This is an example of
a. tracking.
b. leafing.
c. quartiles.
d. percentile monitoring.
Which of the following communicates I don't approve of this aspect of you?
a. evaluative statements
b. probing statements
c. hostile statements
d. reassuring statements
The performance by a defined group on a particular test is called a(n)
a. quartile.
b. median.
c. norm.
d. tracking score.
Which of the following directs anger toward the interviewee?
a. evaluative statements
b. probing statements
c. hostile statements
d. reassuring statement
The mean of a standardization sample
a. is zero.
b. is a norm.
c. never changes.
d. is always a Z score.