What are the various types of validation studies?
Content Validation Studies: Sometimes a validation study involves simply documenting that the content of the job is similar to jobs for which the tests have been previously developed and validated. This approach is often used with a new company where no employees have been hired, or a situation where there are only a small number of employees in one job category. Concurrent Validation Studies: Sometimes, a validation study involves using the tests on current employees and correlating their test scores with measures of their job performance. When the company can provide a large enough group of employees in one job category, we can do a full-scale correlational study. The Concurrent Validation Study requires large sample sizes (150 or more people in one job category). Predictive Validation Studies: Other times, we can start with job candidates and follow them through the job orientation and initial training process to evaluate whether the tests could predict which people were more succes
