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Chapter 14

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The article mentions that employers use personality assessments to select job candidates who are a good fit to the company. Did the article mention whether data exists regarding the predictive validity of these instruments? If so, how? If not, why is the predictive validity of these instruments important to assess?

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Does the article address the issue of correlation versus causation when referring to personality assessment and job performance? If so, please explain.

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The author mentioned that six of the seven descriptions reflected his personality and that he questioned the testers about the inaccurate description. Did the testers provide the author with the most simplistic explanation as to why his seventh description did not fit his personality? In other words, did they adhere to the Occam’s razor principle?

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