work-sample test

in personnel selection, a job-specific test that replicates the day-to-day tasks required in the job. The applicant may be required to use actual or simulated equipment in a controlled testing situation (e.g., driving a loaded forklift around a standard course) or to respond to typical problems or scenarios that occur at work, as in an in-basket test. See also situational interview.

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September 8th 2024

drift

1. a reduction in variation in genetic traits that can occur when sampling from continually smaller groups, such that some traits ultimately become excluded from possibility.

2. a reduction in the reliability of technical instruments orin the accuracy of observers over time. See instrument drift; observer drift.