Communicating the validity of structured job interviews with graphical visual aids |
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| Authors: | Don C. Zhang Scott Highhouse Margaret E. Brooks Yuyan Zhang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana;2. Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio;3. Department of Management, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio |
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| Abstract: | The structured job interview is often resisted by human resource (HR) professionals despite its superior predictive validity compared to the traditional unstructured interview. However, HR professionals may underestimate the utility of structured interviews because of how validity information is presented. Three online experiments with MTurk samples were conducted to examine the effect of statistical visual aids (Binomial effect size display; expectancy chart; icon array) on people's perceived usefulness of validity information and intentions toward using the structured interview. Results showed that graphical visual aids (expectancy chart and icon array) were perceived as more useful for communicating validity evidence than a nongraphical effect size display. People also judged the structured interview as more useful and were more willing to use it when validity evidence was presented graphically. Individual differences in graph literacy and nationality were also examined. |
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