employee comparison technique

any method of employee evaluation in which the performance of one employee is compared with that of others, rather than considered in absolute terms. Examples include the ranking method, the forced distribution method, and the paired comparison method.

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December 23rd 2024

factor theory

factor theory

in classical test theory, the supposition that a set of correlated variables can be reduced to a smaller set of underlying dimensions or factors. It follows that each person’s observed score can be represented by a factor loading times a factor plus error variance.