More criticism, Al, but no answer to the question about the sinister secret to which you alluded...
----- Original Message ----- From: Al Shealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7:44 pm Subject: Re: Good news and bad news > It's rather humorous that faculty believe _our_ jobs are so amazingly > complex and "ill-defined" so as to be beyond the scope of valid > selectiontests, performance appraisal, etc. > > In hiring, psychology departments abandon everything they (should) > knowabout measurement and prediction. When's the last time anyone > on this list > participated on either side of a structured interview (standardized > questions AND scoring procedure)? When's the last time you > evaluated a > candidate's ability apart from their famous advisor who just so > happens to > sit on the editorial board of the journal publishing the > candidate's work? > When's the last time anyone applying for a faculty position > completed a > measure of cognitive ability (which the research shows predicts job > performance across jobs better than just about anything else)? > When's the > last time anyone applying for a faculty position completed an > integritytest (which are also valid predictors of > counterproductive behavior AND > performance across job levels)? > > I know...let's blame it on those old farts who have tenure and are > set in > their ways. And let's tell our students that the "real" world will > be the > same way. Therefore, there's really no point in them learning > about good > selection practices. They'll always face resistance. > > Maybe the psychology (university?) establishment is more > interested in > hiring people like Kerri Dunn. People who are dishonest and therefore > willing to do anything to push their liberal crap on young minds > (and get > a new car out of the deal while they're at it). > > Al > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
