selection ratio

the proportion of those eligible to be selected for a purpose (e.g., inclusion in research) that actually are selected. In personnel selection, for example, it is the number of applicants who are hired to perform a job in an organization divided by the total number of applicants. The lower the selection ratio, the more competitive the hiring situation will be and the more useful (all other factors being held constant) any given predictor variable will be in making selection decisions.

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lysosome

n. see phagocytosis.