A Monte Carlo Program for Simulating Selection Decisions from Personnel Tests.

Petersen, Calvin R.; Thain, John W.

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Publication Date: 1976

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A Monte Carlo Program for Simulating Selection Decisions from Personnel Tests

Petersen, Calvin R.; Thain, John W.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 36, 1, 205-7, Spr 76

Relative to test and criterion parameters and cutting scores, the correlation coefficient, sample size, and number of samples to be drawn (all inputs), this program calculates decision classification rates across samples and for combined samples. Several other related indices are also computed. (Author)

Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Monte Carlo Methods, Personnel Selection, Prediction, Statistical Analysis, Tests

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