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PROJECT II: SELECTION SYTEM DESIGN & EVALUATION

Phase I.
Overview. Imagine you are an I/O psychologist hired by Organization X to help them create a selection system for hiring pilots to fly commercial planes.
Organization X has undertaken a rigorous job analysis and tells you that the following characteristics are typical (and desirable) in selecting commercial pilots:
Important
Extremely Important

Cognitive Ability
Perceptual speed
Time sharing
Number facility
Spatial orientation
Information ordering

Memorization

Visualization

Deductive reasoning

Psychomotor Ability
Control precision
Rate control
Reaction time

Multi-limb coordination

Sensory Ability
Attention

Night vision

Glare sensitivity

Depth perception

Knowledge & Skills
Reading plans
Map reading

Interactive/Social skills
Situation awareness
Stress resistance
Self-awareness
Cooperation
Leadership
Communication
Behavioral flexibility
Decision making
Assertiveness

Social sensitivity

Select your predictors from the list below:
Predictor
Validity
Male-female d
White-Black d
Cost
Time
General cognitive ability test
.51
.10
1.00
$50
30 min.
Spatial ability test
.40
.80
.50
$25
15 min.
Psychomotor ability test
.30
.50
.20
$25
15 min.
Visual acuity check
.30
.00
.00
$10
10 min.
Structured interview
.30
-.10
-.20
$75
30 min.
Unstructured interview
.20
.30
.50
$65
30 min.
Map reading knowledge test
.30
.20
.20
$30
20 min.
Biodata
.30
-.20
-.30
$30
30 min.
Assessment Center
.60
.30
.50
$140
60 min.
Work sample (Flight simulation)
.65
.50
.33
$190
90 min.
Agreeableness
.25
-1.00
.02
$15
10 min.
Conscientiousness
.35
-.25
-.50
$15
10 min.
Emotional Stability
.20
.50
-.30
$15
10 min.
Extraversion
.25
.20
.20
$15
10 min.
Openness
.10
.00
-.30
$15
10 min.
Integrity
.41
.00
-.15
$30
20 min.
Note. Negative d