Job Analysis
The process of examining a job, job family, or job level to identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics needed to perform the job successfully.
Visionary Job Analysis
The process of examining a job, job family, or level that does not yet exist or that is changing to identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that will be needed to perform the job successfully in the future.
Competency Confirmation
An effort to confirm existing job descriptions; this is a simplified and abbreviated job analysis, consisting of an archival review and a competency confirmation survey. A job review allows an organization to complete some of the job analysis process if the entire project is not technically feasible.
Content Validation Study
Method for displaying the relevance of assessment or interview content and developing scoring guidelines. Raters indicate importance of items and minimum acceptability probabilities.
Criterion-Related Concurrent Validation Study
Process of statistically linking assessment scores to criteria such as turnover, performance, demographics, etc. Data is collected from incumbent populations. Establishes job-relatedness beyond the job analysis.
Criterion-Related Predictive Validation Study
Process of statistically linking assessment scores to criteria such as turnover, performance, demographics, etc. Data is collected from applicant populations. Establishes job-relatedness beyond the job analysis.