Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Jalbert, Nicole Marie
Author's Email Address	njalbert@vt.edu
URN	etd-051199-171411
Title	The Search for Construct Validity of Assessment Centers: Does the Ease of Evaluation of Dimensions Matter?
Degree	PhD
Department	Psychology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Roseanne J. Foti Committee Chair Jack Finney Committee Member Joe Sgro Committee Member John Donovan Committee Member Neil Hauenstein Committee Member
Keywords	assessment centers diagnosticity construct validity
Date of Defense	1999-04-26
Availability	restricted
Abstract The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of ease of evaluation of dimensions on the construct validity of a selection assessment center conducted in 1993. High ease of evaluation dimensions, operationalized as the greatest proportion of highly diagnostic behaviors, were expected to demonstrate greater construct and criterion related validity. Multitrait-multimethod analysis and confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that high ease of evaluation dimensions demonstrated greater convergent and discriminant validity than low ease of evaluation dimensions. Contrary to predictions, however, there was little difference in the criterion related validity of the high versus low ease of evaluation dimensions. Moreover, the entire assessment center yielded extremely low predictive validity using both dimension and exercise scores as predictors. The implications of the findings from this study are discussed.
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