Assessment, Measurement, and Prediction for Personnel Decisions (Hardcover)

by Robert M. Guion (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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...is thorough, readable, rigorous, current, opinionated, and thought-provoking.
—Personnel Psychology

...this is an excellent book that serves the audiences for which it was designed.
—Contemporary Psychology

The book easily surpasses its competitors by its attention to psychometrics and empirically supported theories, rather than reviewing flashy hypes and money-driven practices....I am confident that after reading this book, people will be better equipped to use tests, interviews, assessment centres, or other assessment methods, NOT because they like them, or have always used them, but because they are better equipped to judge their usefulness. Guion's book is the best in its kind to accomplish this goal....a scholarly compendium is available now for teachers and practitioners interested in evidence-based professional work.
—International Journal of Selection and Assessment

...is thorough, readable, rigorous, current, opinionated, and thought-provoking.
—Personnel Psychology

...this is an excellent book that serves the audiences for which it was designed.
—Contemporary Psychology

The book easily surpasses its competitors by its attention to psychometrics and empirically supported theories, rather than reviewing flashy hypes and money-driven practices....I am confident that after reading this book, people will be better equipped to use tests, interviews, assessment centres, or other assessment methods, NOT because they like them, or have always used them, but because they are better equipped to judge their usefulness. Guions book is the best in its kind to accomplish this goal....a scholarly compendium is available now for teachers and practitioners interested in evidence-based professional work.
—International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Product Description
A practical view of assessment-based personnel decisions is offered with this book. The author argues that decisions about people in organizations - initial selection, promotion, assignment to special training - are properly based on predictions, literal or implicit, about their probable contributions to the organization; that good prediction requires well-formed hypotheses about personal characteristics that might be related to valued behaviour at work; that these characteristics should be carefully assessed; and that the assessment and their use should be thoroughly evaluated. He also notes that, in his view, the field of assessment-based personnel selection (a prototypical personnel decision) seems not to have fully acknowledged changing situations, methods and theories of measurement. The book presents a variety of questions about the characteristic to be assessed and its definition, the care and thought used in developing a procedure for assessing it, the extent and nature of measurement errors, the defensibility of intended interpretations of scores, and evidence that the scores are related to jobs and organizational needs. It attempts to provide a broader, more comprehensive integrated approach to assessment-based decisions, encompassing both traditions and new ideas.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 712 pages
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805815775
• ISBN-13: 978-0805815771
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #952,062 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and Thorough, December 12, 2001

By A Customer

An excellent source of information. If you are an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, this book is very helpful.