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1. Ting is a manager of a team. The team typically performs well, but has struggled to meet some deadlines. Ting knows some members are not as diligent as others but she doesn't want to mess up the team dynamic. Therefore, in her evaluations, she gives everyone an average score.
What error is Ting making?
Regression to the mean
Ignoring the third variable
Team interdependence
Central tendency
2. Alberto is an energy company employee. When he first started, his manager gave him extra time to find a home that was nearby so he could reduce his commute. From that point forward, Alberto would not hear any complaints about his manager. Alberto knew he was a great manager, no matter what anyone else on the team said.
What error is Albert making?
Halo effect
Complex causality
Stereotyping
Regression to the mean
3. Which error does the following represent?
A candidate is interviewing for a customer service representative job. The interview consists of a test of the employees typing skills, since the employee will have to log information into the computer. However, no analysis has been done to show whether typing faster actually leads to higher job performance.
Regression to the mean
Lack of criterion-related validity
Lack of content validity
Central tendency
4. The head of HR in a 50,000 person pharmaceutical company wanted to determine if she should implement a work at home policy for the company. First, she wanted some information. She asked the data analyst to determine if marital status affected commuting times. She assumed that married people lived farther away because they were more likely to have children and be concerned about school districts and communities. On the other hand, single people would want to live close to work.
The HR analyst tasked with the job randomly selected 15 employees and found that marital status was related to commute times, but surprisingly, it was in the opposite direction. She found single people lived farther away than married people.
What error did the HR analyst make?
Recency bias
Sample not representative (too small)
Stereotyping
Reverse causality
5. Which error does the following represent?
A hiring manager is evaluating two candidates for a consulting role. One candidate is from a well-known consulting company. The other is from a small company that the manager is not familiar with. Instead of looking into the small company (which was, in fact, very highly rated), the hiring manager hires the candidate from the company she's heard of.
Availability bias
Horn effect
Central tendency
Ignoring context