Sancho, a banker, has been trying to find a new loan officer assistant for 6 months.What advice do you, as a human resource professional, have for him about using tests for concurrent or predictive validity? Both are available in the organization.
A)Current employees and applicants are very similar.Use the least expensive measure.
B)There may be little similarity between current employees and applicants.Use the concurrent measures.
C)There may be little similarity between current applicants and past applicants.Use predictive measures.
D)There may be little similarity between current applicants and past applicants.Use concurrent measures.
E)There may be little similarity between current employees and applicants.Use the predictive measures.

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Predictive validity measures how well a test predicts future job performance, which is more appropriate when current employees and applicants may not be similar, as it assesses how potential hires might perform based on their test results. Concurrent validity, comparing current employees' test scores to their job performance, might not be as relevant in this scenario.

Sancho, a Banker, Has Been Trying to Find a New