ABSTRACT

This volume provides in-depth coverage of a key piece of today's human resource selection technology--the viability of alternatives to paper and pencil multiple-choice selection tests. Each chapter of this edited volume presents an intensive examination of a key "alternative to multiple-choice testing." The content of the book's chapters ranges from reviews of issues associated with, and evidence available for, the use of particular selection text alternatives (computerized testing, performance assessments) to empirical investigation of other alternatives (biodata, creative skills); from examination of standards for choosing among selection tests to practitioners' and test takers' perspectives. This book is important for researchers and practitioners in the human resource selection field who have wanted a resource that provides a comprehensive examination of multiple-choice selection testing and its alternatives.

chapter |9 pages

Jumping the Gun at the Starting Gate

When Fads Become Trends and Trends Become Traditions

chapter |6 pages

Measure Me Not

The Test Taker's New Bill of Rights

chapter |17 pages

Innovations in Computer-Based Ability Testing

Promise, Problems, and Perils

chapter |38 pages

A Construct Approach to Skill Assessment

Procedures for Assessing Complex Cognitive Skills

chapter |36 pages

Personality at Work

Issues and Evidence

chapter |20 pages

Life Is Not Multiple Choice

Reactions to the Alternatives