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An I-O psychologist investigates the relationship between a test’s font (bold font or regular font) and test performance. After randomly assigning 100 workers to two conditions, she finds that workers who take tests with bold font receive higher test scores than workers who take tests with regular font. The independent variable in this scenario is:

One reason for the increased use of personality tests for selection is that these tests have _____.

Shrinkage is the degree to which organizational materials, inventory, or supplies disappear.

A company’s CEO is usually used as an SME in a job analysis.

The most recent era in I-O psychology is _____.

Linear regression is mostly commonly used to test whether there is a significant difference between two means.

The first Ph.D. in I-O psychology was awarded to Frederick Taylor.

Which of the following refers to the degree to which a measure is consistent over time?

Whereas ____ is best to get fine detail about a single job, ____ is a less time-consuming, off-the-shelf job analysis method.

An example of halo error is when a supervisor tends to rate his or her employees high.